COURT OF APPEALS, EIGHTH DISTRICT
                       COUNTY OF CUYAHOGA
                            NO. 72682
STATE OF OHIO, EX REL              :
EUGENE BLACK                  :    PETITION FOR WRIT OF MANDAMUS
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     RELATOR                  :    MOTION NOS.  85581 and 85672
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v.                            :    JOURNAL ENTRY AND OPINION
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COURT OF COMMON PLEAS         :
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     RESPONDENT               :
DATE OF ANNOUNCEMENT
OF DECISION:                  AUGUST 21, 1997
JUDGMENT:                     WRIT DISMISSED.
DATE OF  JOURNALIZATION:
APPEARANCES:
For Relator:                       Eugene Black, pro se
                              No. 314-190
                              London Correctional Institute
                              State Route 56
                              London, OH   43140
For Respondent:                    Stephanie Tubbs Jones, Esq.
                              Cuyahoga County Prosecutor
                              Gail Denise Baker, Esq.
                              Assistant County Prosecutor
                              Justice Center - 8th Floor
                              1200 Ontario Street
                              Cleveland, OH 44113:
SWEENEY, C.J.:
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     On June 16, 1997, the relator, Eugene Black, commenced  this
mandamus action against the  respondents, judges of the  Cuyahoga
County Common Pleas Court, to compel them to grant him credit for
jail time served  in the two underlying  cases, State of Ohio  v.
Eugene Black, Cuyahoga  County Common Pleas  Court Case Nos.  Cr.
181032 and Cr. 329210.   Mr. Black had moved for jail time credit
in May  1996.   On July 25,  1997, the  respondents, through  the
Cuyahoga County  Prosecutor, moved  for summary  judgment on  the
grounds of mootness. Attached to the motion were certified copies
of file-stamped journal  entries in the  two underlying cases  in
which the judges granted Mr. Black credit for jail time  served.
The court granted Mr. Black 269 days in Case No. Cr. 181032 and 113
days in Case No. Cr. 329210.   These journal entries establish that
Mr. Black has received the requested relief.  Thus, the  mandamus
action is moot.  The motion for summary judgment is granted,  and
this writ action is dismissed.   Respondent to pay costs.
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