COURT OF APPEALS OF OHIO, EIGHTH DISTRICT
                       COUNTY OF CUYAHOGA
                            NO. 72865
STATE OF OHIO, ex rel.        :
SHAHER ALHMOUZ                :
                              :    PETITION FOR WRIT OF
     Relator                  :    MANDAMUS
                              :
     vs.                      :    MOTION NO. 86092
                              :
EDWARD MALEY, FOREMAN         :    JOURNAL ENTRY AND OPINION
CUYAHOGA COUNTY GRAND JURY    :
CUYAHOGA COUNTY, OHIO         :
                              :
     Respondent               :
DATE OF ANNOUNCEMENT
OF DECISION                   :    AUGUST 21, 1997
JUDGMENT                      :    WRIT DENIED.
DATE OF JOURNALIZATION        :
APPEARANCES:
For relator       :           SHAHER ALHMOUZ, pro se
                              #223-705
                              Post Office Box 1812
                              Marion, Ohio  43301
For respondent    :           STEPHANIE TUBBS-JONES
                              Cuyahoga County Prosecutor
                              DANIEL M. MARGOLIS, Assistant
                              Justice Center, Courts Tower
                              1200 Ontario Street
                              Cleveland, Ohio  44113
                                2
JAMES D. SWEENEY, C.J.:
     Relator, Shaher Alhmouz, seeks a writ of mandamus im order to
compel the respondent, Edward Maley, Foreman of the Cuyahoga County
Grand Jury,  to "sign a  sworn affidavit under  oath that he  did
endorse the words 'A True Bill' on the relator's indictment and did
sign his name and certified the relator's indictment to be a 'True
Bill' ***" in the  underlying case of State v. Alhmouz,  Cuyahoga
Common Pleas Case No. CR-248408.  The respondent has filed a motion
for summary judgment.
     The relator, through his complaint for a writ of mandamus, has
failed to demonstrate that the respondent possesses a clear legal
duty to sign a sworn affidavit or certify the indictment as issued
in CR-248408.   State  ex rel. Van  Curen v.  Adult Parole  Auth.
(1976), 45 Ohio St.2d 298; State ex rel. Hanson v. Guernsey  Cty.
Bd. of Commrs. (1992), 65 Ohio  St.3d 545.  The respondent, as  a
matter of law, is entitled to summary judgment.
     Accordingly, we grant  the respondent's  motion for  summary
judgment.  Costs to relator.
     Writ denied.
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