COURT OF APPEALS OF OHIO, EIGHTH DISTRICT
                       COUNTY OF CUYAHOGA
                            NO. 72971
STATE OF OHIO, ex rel.        :
L. M. McCOOL                  :
                              :    PETITION FOR WRIT OF
     Relator                  :    MANDAMUS
                              :
     vs.                      :    MOTION NO. 87052
                              :
KENNETH CALLAHAN, JUDGE       :    JOURNAL ENTRY AND OPINION
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS         :
CUYAHOGA COUNTY, OHIO         :
                              :
     Respondent               :
DATE OF ANNOUNCEMENT
OF DECISION                   :    OCTOBER 2, 1997
JUDGMENT                      :    WRIT DENIED.
DATE OF JOURNALIZATION        :
APPEARANCES:
For relator       :           L. M. McCOOL, pro se
                              #320-943
                              Belmont Correctional Institution
                              Post Office Box 540
                              St. Clairesville, Ohio  43950
For respondent    :           STEPHANIE TUBBS-JONES
                              Cuyahoga County Prosecutor
                              LISA REITZ WILLIAMSON, Assistant
                              Justice Center, Courts Tower
                              1200 Ontario Street
                              Cleveland, Ohio  44113
                                2
JAMES D. SWEENEY, C.J.:
     Relator is seeking  a writ of mandamus to compel  respondent
judge to issue an order with  the correct number of days of  jail
time credit  due him.    The proper  remedy for  challenging  the
calculation of jail  time credit is either  a direct appeal or  a
motion to correct jail time calculation filed in the trial court.
State ex rel. Ohmer  v. Cuyahoga Cty. Ct.  of Com. Pl. (Feb.  13,
1997), Cuyahoga App. No. 71571, unreported.   Relief in mandamus is
inappropriate.  State ex rel. Spates v. Sweeney (Apr. 17,  1997),
Cuyahoga App. No.  71986, unreported; State ex rel. Robertson  v.
Court of Common Pleas  (Dec. 30, 1996), Cuyahoga App. No.  71535,
unreported. Accordingly, Motion for Summary Judgment of respondent
is granted.
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