COURT OF APPEALS OF OHIO, EIGHTH DISTRICT
                       COUNTY OF CUYAHOGA
                           NO.  73501
ROBERT P. WOODMAN               :
                                :    PETITION FOR WRIT OF
                                :       HABEAS CORPUS
     Petitioner                 :
                                :
     -vs-                       :       JOURNAL ENTRY
                                :            AND
JUDGE LARRY JONES, ET AL.       :          OPINION
                                :
     Respondent                 :
DATE OF ANNOUNCEMENT                   JANUARY 2, 1998
  OF DECISION:
JUDGMENT                           PETITION DISMISSED.
DATE OF JOURNALIZATION
APPEARANCES:
FOR PETITIONER:                    RESPONDENT:
Robert P. Woodman, Pro se          Sharon Sobol Jordan, Dir. of Law
17920 Detroit Avenue - #506        Michelle A. Macecevic, Esq.
Lakewood, Ohio 44107               Assistant Dir. of Law
                                   City of Cleveland
                                   Room 106 - City Hall
                                   601 Lakeside Avenue
                                   Cleveland, Ohio 44114
                                   Kevin M. Spellacy, Prosecutor
                                   City of Lakewood
                                   12650 Detroit Avenue
                                   Lakewood, Ohio 44107
                                   Stephanie Tubbs Jones, Pros.
                                   Cuyahoga County
                                   8th Floor Justice Center
                                   1200 Ontario Street
                                   Cleveland, Ohio 44113
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ROCCO, J.:
     Robert P.  Woodman, petitioner, has  applied for  a writ  of
habeas corpus.  He claims he is being detained through an unlawful
order by respondent, Judge Larry Jones, of the Cleveland Municipal
Court.  Respondent filed a brief in opposition to the issuance of
the habeas  writ contending the  action should  be dismissed  for
petitioner's failure to attach his commitment papers as required by
R.C.  2725.04 (D)  and because  the action  is moot.   For  these
reasons, we dismiss the petition.
     Ohio R.C. 2725.04 (D) requires that a copy of the commitment
or cause of detention be submitted when applying for habeas relief
or that a showing be made of the fact that a detention is without
legal authority.   The  Supreme  Court of  Ohio has  stated  that
  [t]hese  commitment  papers   are  necessary  for  a   complete
understanding of  the petition.   Without them,  the petition  is
fatally defective.   Bloss  v. Rogers (1992), 65 Ohio St.3d  145,
146, 602 N.E.2d 602; see, also, Workman v. Shiplevy (1997), 80 Ohio
St.3d  174; Cornell v.  Schotten (1994), 69  Ohio St.3d 466,  633
N.E.2d 1111; Hadlock v. McFaul (1995), 105 Ohio App.3d 24; Wooten
v. McFaul (Apr.  21 1993), Cuyahoga App.  No.  65387, unreported.
Petitioner did not attach a copy of his commitment papers and the
petition therefore is fatally defective.
     Moreover, attached  as Exhibit  E to  respondent's brief  in
opposition is the affidavit of Willie Williamson, the Supervisor of
the Division of Correction.  Mr. Williamson averred that petitioner
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was discharged the same day he was admitted after he paid his fine
and costs.  Consequently, this action is now moot.
     Finally, we note  that petitioner has failed to comply  with
Loc. App.R. 8(B)(1) which requires a supporting affidavit detailing
the claims in the petition.  Petitioner also has failed to name the
appropriate respondent.  See R.C 2725.04; Loc. App.R. 8(B)(1).
     Case dismissed.  Costs to petitioner.
TERRENCE O'DONNELL, J., AND
JOHN T. PATTON, J., CONCUR
                                       PRESIDING JUDGE
                                       KENNETH A. ROCCO
.