COURT OF APPEALS OF OHIO, EIGHTH DISTRICT
                       COUNTY OF CUYAHOGA
                            NO. 73112
STATE OF OHIO, ex rel.        :
KENNETH LAWRENCE              :
                              :    PETITION FOR WRIT OF
     Relator                  :    HABEAS CORPUS
                              :
     vs.                      :    MOTION NO. 86898
                              :
GERALD T. McFAUL, SHERIFF     :    JOURNAL ENTRY AND OPINION
                              :
     Respondent               :
DATE OF ANNOUNCEMENT
OF DECISION                   :    SEPTEMBER 25, 1997
JUDGMENT                      :    WRIT DISMISSED.
DATE OF JOURNALIZATION        :
APPEARANCES:
For relator       :           KENNETH LAWRENCE, pro se
                              Post Office Box 5600
                              Cleveland, Ohio  44101
For respondent    :           STEPHANIE TUBBS-JONES
                              Cuyahoga County Prosecutor
                              Justice Center, Courts Tower
                              1200 Ontario Street
                              Cleveland, Ohio  44113
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JAMES D. SWEENEY, C.J.:
     Sua sponte,  Complaint  in Habeas  Corpus is  dismissed  for
several reasons.  Relator  entitled his action "State of Ohio  v.
Kenneth Lawrence," thereby failing to name a respondent.  (The name
"Gerald T. McFaul" was gratuitously added by the clerk of court and
could be incorrect since relator states he is incarcerated at the
Lorain Correctional  Institution.)   Relator also  has failed  to
support his petition with a copy of the order of his commitment as
required by R.C. 2725.04(D), thereby warranting dismissal.  Bloss
v. Rogers (1992), 65 Ohio St.3d 145, 602 N.E.2d 602; State ex rel.
Wynn  v.  McFaul  (Aug.  28,  1997),  Cuyahoga  App.  No.  72993,
unreported. Relator also has not challenged the lawfulness of his
imprisonment, R.C.  2725.01,  but states  only  that he  will  be
deprived of  due process if  he remains  incarcerated during  his
appeal and his term of imprisonment expires before his appeal  is
heard.    Finally,  if relator  is  incarcerated  at  the  Lorain
Correctional Institution in Lorain County, this action cannot  be
maintained in this court in Cuyahoga County.  R.C. 2725.03; Bridges
v. McMackin (1989), 44 Ohio St.3d 135, 541 N.E.2d 1035; State  ex
rel. Washington  v. Anderson (Apr.  2, 1996),  Cuyahoga App.  No.
70368, unreported.
     Case dismissed.  Costs to relator.
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PATRICIA A. BLACKMON, J., CONCURS
                               JAMES D. SWEENEY, CHIEF JUSTICE
.