COURT OF APPEALS OF OHIO, EIGHTH DISTRICT
                         COUNTY OF CUYAHOGA
                             NO. 72393
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STATE OF OHIO EX REL.              :    PETITION FOR WRIT OF
KENNETH MCCOWN                     :    MANDAMUS
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        Relator                    :
                                   :    MOTION NO. 84367
     -vs-                          :
                                   :
FRANK D. CELEBREZZE, JR., JUDGE    :    JOURNAL ENTRY AND OPINION
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS              :
CUYAHOGA COUNTY, OHIO              :
                                   :
        Respondent                 :
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DATE OF ANNOUNCEMENT
OF DECISION:                       JULY 3, 1997
JUDGMENT:                          DISMISSED.
DATE OF JOURNALIZATION:
APPEARANCES:  
For Relator:                       For Respondent:
KENNETH MCCOWN, Pro Se             STEPHANIE TUBBS JONES,
No. A293-872                         Cuyahoga County Prosecutor
London Correctional Institution    SHERRY F. MCCREARY, Assistant
P. O. Box 69                         County Prosecutor
London, Ohio 43140-0069            Justice Center, Courts Tower
                                   1200 Ontario Street
                                   Cleveland, Ohio 44113
                                -2-
JAMES D. SWEENEY, C.J.:
     Relator requests that  this court  compel respondent judge  to
issue findings  of fact and conclusions of  law with respect to the
petition for  postconviction relief  filed by  relator in State  v.
McCown, Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas Case No. CR-304054 on
or about September 20, 1996.
     Respondent has filed a motion for summary judgment (Motion No.
83540) attached  to which  is a copy  of the  findings of  fact and
conclusions of law issued by respondent  and received for filing by
the clerk on May 14, 1997.  Relator has not opposed the motion.
     Accordingly,  respondent's  motion  for  summary  judgment  is
granted.  Respondent to pay costs.
     Writ dismissed.
PATRICIA A. BLACKMON, J., CONCURS
.