COURT OF APPEALS OF OHIO, EIGHTH DISTRICT
                       COUNTY OF CUYAHOGA
                            NO. 74626
STATE OF OHIO, ex rel.        :
ABDUL K. SHARIF               :
                              :    PETITION FOR WRIT OF
     Relator                  :    MANDAMUS
                              :
     vs.                      :    MOTION NO. 97226
                              :
JUDGE MICHAEL GALLAGHER       :    JOURNAL ENTRY AND OPINION
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS         :
CUYAHOGA COUNTY, OHIO         :
                              :
     Respondent               :
DATE OF ANNOUNCEMENT
OF DECISION                   :    AUGUST 20, 1998
JUDGMENT                      :    WRIT DISMISSED.
DATE OF JOURNALIZATION        :
APPEARANCES:
For relator       :           ABDUL K. SHARIF, pro se
                              670 Marion-Williamsport Road, E.
                              Post Office Box 1812
                              Marion,  Ohio  43301-1812
                              MARK A. JOHNSON
                              #268-283
                              North Central Correctional Inst.
                              Post Office Box 1812
                              Marion, Ohio  43301-
For respondent    :           STEPHANIE TUBBS-JONES
                              Cuyahoga County Prosecutor
                              RANDI MARIE OSTRY, Assistant
                              Justice Center, Courts Tower
                              1200 Ontario Street
                              Cleveland, Ohio  44113
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PATRICIA A. BLACKMON,A.J.:
     Relator, Abdul K. Sharif, seeks a writ of mandamus in order to
compel the respondent, Judge Michael Gallagher, to issue findings
of fact  and conclusions  of law  with regard  to a   motion  for
exoneration and dismissal of charges and discharge  and a  motion
for summary judgment pursuant to Civil Rule 56(A),  as filed in the
underlying case of State v. Sharif, Cuyahoga County Court of Common
Pleas Case No. CR-238403.   The respondent has filed a motion  to
dismiss, which this Court grants for the following reasons.
     Attached to the motion to dismiss are journalized copies  of
judgments that clearly demonstrate that the respondent has disposed
of the relator's two  motions as filed in Cuyahoga County  Common
Pleas Case No. CR-238403.  In addition, the respondent possesses no
duty  to issue  findings  of fact  and  conclusions of  law  upon
disposition of the relator's two motions.  State ex rel. Gantt v.
Coleman (1983),  6 Ohio  St.3d  5; State  ex rel.  Jerningham  v.
Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas (1996), 74 Ohio St.3d 278.
     Accordingly, the respondent's motion to dismiss is  granted.
In addition, the relator is once again forewarned that the filing
of frivolous  actions shall result in  the loss of his  indigency
status within this court.  See prior warning as issued in State ex
rel. Sharif v. Stephanie Tubbs Jones, Cuyahoga County  Prosecutor
(May 21, 1998), Cuyahoga App. No. 74260, unreported.
     Writ dismissed.  Costs to relator.
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JAMES M. PORTER, J., CONCURS
.