COURT OF APPEALS OF OHIO, EIGHTH DISTRICT
                       COUNTY OF CUYAHOGA
                           NO. 73820
STATE OF OHIO, EX REL.        :    PETITION FOR WRIT OF
TYRONE HEREFORE               :    MANDAMUS
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               Relator        :    MOTION NO. 92917
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          vs.                 :    JOURNAL ENTRY AND OPINION
                              :
JOSE VILLANUEVA, JUDGE        :
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS         :
CUYAHOGA COUNTY, OHIO         :
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               Respondent     :
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DATE OF ANNOUNCEMENT
OF DECISION                   :    APRIL 2, 1998
JUDGMENT                      :    WRIT DISMISSED.
DATE OF JOURNALIZATION        :
APPEARANCES:
For Relator                   :    TYRONE HEREFORE, Pro Se
                                   No. A271-786
                                   P. O. Box 57
                                   Marion, Ohio 43301
For Respondent                :    STEPHANIE TUBBS-JONES
                                   Cuyahoga County Prosecutor
                                   DIANE SMILANICK, Assistant
                                   Justice Center, Courts Tower
                                   1200 Ontario Street
                                   Cleveland, Ohio 44113
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PATRICIA A. BLACKMON, A.J.
     On January 9, 1998, the relator, Tyrone Hereford,  commenced
this mandamus action against the respondent, Judge Jose Villanueva,
to compel the judge to issue findings of fact and conclusions  of
law for postconviction relief petitions, which Mr. Hereford filed
in the underlying case, State of Ohio v. Tyrone Hereford, Cuyahoga
County  Common Pleas Court  Case Nos. CR-275830  and 275789.   On
February 10,  1998, the respondent,  through the Cuyahoga  County
Prosecutor, moved for summary judgment on the grounds of mootness.
Mr. Herford never  filed a response. Attached to the  dispositive
motion was a copy of a certified, signed and file-stamped journal
entry containing the requisite findings of fact and conclusions of
law for Mr. Hereford's petitions.  This attachment establishes that
the judge has fulfilled his duty to issue the findings of fact and
conclusions of law and that Mr. Hereford has received his requested
relief, a resolution of his postconviction petitions.
     Additionally, Mr. Hereford failed to support his complaint for
mandamus with an affidavit specifying the details of the claims as
required by Local Rule 8(B)(1).
     Accordingly, the motion for summary judgment is granted, and
this writ action is dismissed.  Costs assessed against relator.
JAMES M. PORTER, J., CONCURS.
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