COURT OF APPEALS OF OHIO, EIGHTH DISTRICT
                       COUNTY OF CUYAHOGA
                           NO.  73053
STATE OF OHIO, ex rel.        :
NEIL R. KLOSTERMEYER          :
                              :    PETITION FOR WRIT OF
     Relator                  :    MANDAMUS
                              :
     vs.                      :    MOTION NO. 88580
                              :
CITY OF CLEVELAND POLICE      :    JOURNAL ENTRY AND OPINION
DEPARTMENT                    :
                              :
     Respondent               :
DATE OF ANNOUNCEMENT
OF DECISION                   :    NOVEMBER 20, 1997
JUDGMENT                      :    WRIT DISMISSED.
DATE OF JOURNALIZATION        :
APPEARANCES:
For relator       :           NEIL R. KLOSTERMEYER, pro se
                              #184-438
                              Mansfield Correctional Institution
                              Post Office Box 788
                              Mansfield, Ohio  44901
For respondent    :           SHARON SOBOL JORDAN
                              Director of Law
                              DAWN M. TARKA, Assistant
                              601 Lakeside Avenue - Room 106
                              Cleveland, Ohio  44114
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JAMES D. SWEENEY, C.J.:
     Relator, Neil R.  Klostermeyer, seeks a writ of mandamus  in
order  to compel  the respondent,  the City  of Cleveland  Police
Department, to produce and send by mail copies of a police report
and a forensic report that relate to the underlying case of State
v. Klostermeyer, Cuyahoga  Common Pleas Case No. CR-177990.   The
respondent has filed a motion to dismiss, which this court grants
for the following reasons.
     The relator, as required by Loc.App.R. 8(B)(1), has failed to
include within his complaint a supporting affidavit that specifies
the details of his claim.  State ex rel. Smith v. Court of Common
Pleas (July 3, 1997), Cuyahoga App. No. 72381, unreported.   This
defect alone requires dismissal of the relator's complaint for  a
writ of mandamus.   State ex rel.  Wilson v. Calabrese (Jan.  18,
1996), Cuyahoga App. No. 70077, unreported.
     In addition, the respondent possesses no legal duty to  mail
any copies of records to the relator.  State ex rel. Finley v. Ohio
Historical Society (1992), 64 Ohio St.3d 509; State ex rel. Nelson
v. Fuerst (1993), 66 Ohio St.3d 47; State ex rel. Cheren v. Chief
of Police, Akron Municipal Police Department (1993), 67 Ohio St.3d
461.   Finally,  the Supreme  Court  of Ohio,  in State  ex  rel.
Steckman v. Jackson  (1994) 70 Ohio  St.3d 420, established  that
information assembled by law enforcement officials in  connection
with a criminal proceeding is excepted from required release.
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     Accordingly, the respondent's motion to dismiss is  granted.
Relator to bear costs.
     Writ dismissed.
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