COURT OF APPEALS OF OHIO, EIGHTH DISTRICT
                       COUNTY OF CUYAHOGA
                            NO. 73712
STATE OF OHIO, ex rel.        :
WALTER COCKRELL               :
                              :    PETITION FOR WRIT OF
     Relator                  :    MANDAMUS
                              :
     vs.                      :    MOTION NO. 92044
                              :
NANCY RUSSO, JUDGE            :    JOURNAL ENTRY AND OPINION
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS         :
CUYAHOGA COUNTY, OHIO         :
                              :
     Respondent               :
DATE OF ANNOUNCEMENT
OF DECISION                   :    MARCH 5, 1998
JUDGMENT                      :    WRIT DISMISSED.
DATE OF JOURNALIZATION        :
APPEARANCES:
For relator       :           WALTER COCKRELL, pro se
                              #341-724
                              Post Office Box 69
                              London, Ohio  43140-0069
For respondent    :           STEPHANIE TUBBS-JONES
                              Cuyahoga County Prosecutor
                              LISA REITZ WILLIAMSON, Assistant
                              Justice Center, Courts Tower
                              1200 Ontario Street
                              Cleveland, Ohio  44113
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PATRICIA A. BLACKMON,A.J.:
     Walter Cockrell, relator,  is seeking a writ of mandamus  to
compel respondent, Judge Nancy Russo, to designate additional jail
time  credit  for  time  spent  in  community-based  correctional
facilities and programs. Respondent has filed a motion for summary
judgment, which this court grants for the following reason.
     Attached as Exhibit "A"  to respondent's motion for  summary
judgment  are journal  entries that  demonstrate that  respondent
denied relator's motions for additional jail credit on  September
15, 1997, in C.P. Case Nos. CR-337335 and CR-340648.  This action
is moot since respondent had already fulfilled her obligation  to
rule on relator's motions prior to the commencement of this action
on  December 19, 1997.   A writ will not  issue to compel an  act
already performed.  State ex rel., Jerningham v. Cuyahoga  County
Court of Common Pleas (1996), 74 Ohio St.3d 278, 658 N.E.2d  723.
The proper remedy  for challenging the  calculation or denial  of
requested jail time credit is through direct appeal.  See State ex
rel. Wilmore v. Pokorny (Oct. 30, 1997), Cuyahoga App. No. 73098,
unreported; State ex  rel. Johnson v.  O'Donnell (Oct. 4,  1994),
Cuyahoga App. No. 67783, unreported; State ex rel. Corder v. Wilson
(1991), 68 Ohio App.3d 567, 589 N.E.2d 113.
     Accordingly, judgment for respondent.  Costs to relator.
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JAMES M. PORTER, J., CONCURS
.