COURT OF APPEALS OF OHIO, EIGHTH DISTRICT
                       COUNTY OF CUYAHOGA
                            NO. 72512
STATE OF OHIO, EX REL.        :
KELVIN THOMPSON               :    PETITION FOR WRIT OF MANDAMUS
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               RELATOR        :    MOTION NO. 84131
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           -vs-               :
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JUDGE TIMOTHY MCGINTY         :
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               RESPONDENT     :
DATE OF ANNOUNCEMENT
OF DECISION:                       AUGUST 21, 1997
JUDGMENT:                          WRIT DISMISSED
DATE OF JOURNALIZATION:
APPEARANCES:
FOR RELATOR:                       FOR RESPONDENT:
KELVIN THOMPSON, PRO SE            STEPHANIE TUBBS JONES
No. 284-600                        Cuyahoga County Prosecutor
P.O. Box 901                       LISA REITZ WILLIAMSON, ESQ.
Leavittsburg, Ohio 44430-0901      Justice Center, Courts Tower
                                   1200 Ontario Street
                                   Cleveland, Ohio 44113
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SWEENEY, C.J.:
     On May 19, 1997, the relator, Kelvin Thompson, commenced this
mandamus action to compel the respondent, Judge Timothy McGinty, to
issue findings of fact and conclusions of law for a postconviction
petition filed  in the underlying case,  State of Ohio v.  Kelvin
Thompson, Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court Case No. Cr. 303894 in
August  1996.    Judge  McGinty,  through  the  Cuyahoga   County
Prosecutor, has established that the request for mandamus is moot.
Attached to the respondent's motion for summary judgment is a copy
of  the respondent's  findings of  fact and  conclusions of  law,
journalized  May  23,  1997,   which  denies  the  petition   for
postconviction relief.  State ex rel. Carrion v. Harris (1988), 40
Ohio St.3d 19, 530 N.E.2d 1330.   Mr. Thompson has not filed  any
opposition to this motion.  Accordingly, the respondent's  motion
for summary judgment is granted, and this writ action is dismissed.
Respondent to pay costs.
BLACKMON, J., CONCURS.
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