COURT OF APPEALS OF OHIO, EIGHTH DISTRICT
                         COUNTY OF CUYAHOGA
                             NO. 72198
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STATE OF OHIO EX REL.              :    PETITION FOR WRIT OF
DERRICK K. SIMMONS                 :    MANDAMUS
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        Relator                    :
                                   :    MOTION NO. 83600
     -vs-                          :
                                   :
JUDGE JOHN ANGELOTTA               :    JOURNAL ENTRY AND OPINION
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        Respondent                 :
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DATE OF ANNOUNCEMENT
OF DECISION:                       JUNE 12, 1997
JUDGMENT:                          DISMISSED.
DATE OF JOURNALIZATION:
APPEARANCES:  
For Relator:                       For Respondent:
DERRICK K. SIMMONS, Pro Se         STEPHANIE TUBBS JONES,
No. 281-892                          Cuyahoga County Prosecutor
Lima Correctional Institution      Justice Center, Courts Tower
P. O. Box 4571                     1200 Ontario Street
Lima, Ohio 45802                   Cleveland, Ohio 44113
                                -2-
JAMES D. SWEENEY, C.J.:
     Sua sponte,  complaint for writ  of mandamus is  dismissed for
noncompliance with Loc.  App. R.  8(B)(1).  Relator  has failed  to
attach  the  required  supporting  affidavit  which  specifies  the
details of his  claim.  See State  ex rel. Key  v. Court of  Common
Pleas (Jan. 9, 1997), Cuyahoga App. No. 71680, unreported; State ex
rel. Taylor v. Court of Common Pleas (Nov. 14, 1996), Cuyahoga App.
No. 71536, unreported.
     Case dismissed.  Costs to relator.
PATRICIA A. BLACKMON, J., CONCURS
.