COURT OF APPEALS OF OHIO, EIGHTH DISTRICT
                       COUNTY OF CUYAHOGA
                            NO. 73760
STATE OF OHIO, ex rel.        :
JEROME WALKER                 :
                              :    PETITION FOR WRIT OF
     Relator                  :    MANDAMUS
                              :
     vs.                      :    MOTION NO. 92179
                              :
SHIRLEY STRICKLAND SAFFOLD,   :    JOURNAL ENTRY AND OPINION
JUDGE, COURT OF COMMON PLEAS  :
CUYAHOGA COUNTY, OHIO         :
                              :
     Respondent               :
DATE OF ANNOUNCEMENT
OF DECISION                   :    MARCH 12, 1998
JUDGMENT                      :    WRIT DENIED.
DATE OF JOURNALIZATION        :
APPEARANCES:
For relator       :           JEROME WALKER, pro se
                              #341-577
                              Post Office Box 1812
                              Marion, Ohio  43302
For respondent    :           STEPHANIE TUBBS-JONES
                              Cuyahoga County Prosecutor
                              L. CHRISTOPHER FREY, Assistant
                              Justice Center, Courts Tower
                              1200 Ontario Street
                              Cleveland, Ohio  44113
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PATRICIA A. BLACKMON,A.J.:
     Relator, Jerome Walker, seeks a writ of mandamus in order to
compel the respondent, Judge Shirley Strickland Saffold, to issue
findings of fact and conclusions of law with regard to four motions
that were  denied in  the  underlying case  of State  v.  Walker,
Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Case No. CR-349720.  The relator seeks
findings of fact and conclusions of law with regard to the denial
of the following four motions: 1)  defendant's motion to  dismiss
counsel ; 2)   defense counsels (sic)  motion to be removed  from
assignment ; 3)  defendant's notice of objection, motion to strike
proceedings ; and 4)  defendant's motion to dismiss for failure to
comply with speedy trial provisions.   The respondent has filed a
motion  for summary  judgment, which  this court  grants for  the
following reasons.
     In order  for this court  to issue a  writ of mandamus,  the
relator must establish each prong of the following three-part test:
1) the relator possesses a clear legal right to the relief prayed
for; 2) the respondent possesses a clear legal duty to perform the
requested act; and 3) there exists no plain and adequate remedy in
the ordinary course of law.  State ex rel. National City Bank  v.
Bd. of Education (1977), 52 Ohio St.2d 81; State ex rel. Harris v.
Rhodes(1978), 54 Ohio St.2d 41.  Herein, the relator has failed to
establish each prong  of the aforesaid three-part test since  the
relator possesses no  clear legal right  which requires that  the
respondent issue  findings of fact  and conclusions  of law  with
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regard  to the  motions  made during  the  course of  trial,  the
respondent possesses no clear legal duty to issue findings of fact
and conclusions  of law, and  the relator  possesses an  adequate
remedy in the ordinary course  of law through a direct appeal  to
this court.   State  ex rel Hastings  Mut. Ins.  Co. v.  Merillat
(1990), 50 Ohio St. 3d 152.
     Accordingly, we grant  the respondent's  motion for  summary
judgment.  Costs to relator.
     Writ denied.
JAMES M. PORTER, J., CONCURS
.