COURT OF APPEALS OF OHIO, EIGHTH DISTRICT
                       COUNTY OF CUYAHOGA
                            NO. 74709
STATE OF OHIO, ex rel.        :
MICHAEL EDWARDS               :
                              :    PETITION FOR WRIT OF
     Relator                  :    MANDAMUS
                              :
     vs.                      :    MOTION NO. 97224
                              :
RONALD L. TURNER, et al       :    JOURNAL ENTRY AND OPINION
                              :
     Respondent               :
DATE OF ANNOUNCEMENT
OF DECISION                   :    AUGUST 20, 1998
JUDGMENT                      :    WRIT DISMISSED.
DATE OF JOURNALIZATION        :
APPEARANCES:
For relator       :           MICHAEL D. EDWARDS, pro se
                              #A320-963
                              Mansfield Correctional Institute
                              Post Office Box 788
                              Mansfield, Ohio  44901
For respondent    :           RONALD L. TURNER, pro se
                              2201 East 36th Street
                              Cleveland, Ohio  44115
                              WESLEY A. DUMAS, SR.
                              Attorney at Law
                              815 Superior Avenue, N.E., #1711
                              Cleveland, Ohio  44114
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PATRICIA A. BLACKMON,A.J.:
     Relator, Michael D. Edwards, has filed a complaint for a writ
of mandamus and seeks an order from this court that requires  the
respondents, Wesley A. Dumas, Esq. and Ronald Turner, to  deliver
copies of  all investigative notes and  files that relate to  the
criminal matter  of State v.  Edwards, Cuyahoga  County Court  of
Common Pleas Case No. CR-330064.  Apparently, respondent Wesley A.
Dumas represented the  relator during the course of the  criminal
matter while respondent Ronald Turner was appointed by the  trial
court to act as an  investigator.  For the following reasons,  we
dismiss the relator's complaint for a writ of mandamus.
     Attached to respondent Wesley A. Dumas' motion to dismiss is
a copy of an  affidavit that clearly provides that all  requested
information has been provided to the relator.  See, also, Motion to
Dismiss as filed by respondent Ronald K. Turner.  Mandamus will not
issue to compel a  vain act.  State  ex rel. Strothers v.  Turner
(1997), 79 Ohio St.3d 272; State ex rel. Leach v. Schotten (1995),
73 Ohio St.3d 538.  In addition, mandamus will not lie to enforce
a private right against a private person.  State ex rel. Longacre
v. Penton Publishing Co. (1997), 77 Ohio St.3d 266; State ex rel.
Russell v. Duncan (1992), 64 Ohio St.3d 538; State ex rel. Pressley
v. Indus. Comm. (1967), 11 Ohio St.2d 141.
     Accordingly, the motions  to dismiss are granted.  Costs  to
relator.
     Writ dismissed.
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JAMES M. PORTER, J., CONCURS
.