COURT OF APPEALS OF OHIO, EIGHTH DISTRICT
                       COUNTY OF CUYAHOGA
                            NO. 75525
STATE OF OHIO, ex rel.        :
THOMAS SMITH                  :
                              :    PETITION FOR WRIT OF
     Relator                  :    MANDAMUS
                              :
     vs.                      :    MOTION NO. 1048
                              :
ROCKY RIVER MUNICIPAL COURT   :    JOURNAL ENTRY AND OPINION
JUDGE DONNA FITZSIMMONS       :
                              :
     Respondent               :
JUDGMENT                      :    DISMISSED.
DATE OF JOURNALIZATION        :    DECEMBER 3, 1998
APPEARANCES:
For relator       :           THOMAS SMITH, pro se
                              #25789
                              Post Office Box 5600
                              Cleveland, Ohio  44101
For respondent    :           LAW DIRECTOR
                              City of Rocky River
                              21012 Hilliard Boulevard
                              Rocky River, Ohio  44116
                               -2-
PATRICIA A. BLACKMON,A.J.:
     Sua sponte, petition  for writ of mandamus is dismissed  for
noncompliance with  Loc.App.R. 8(B)(1).   Relator  has failed  to
attach the required supporting affidavit that specifies the details
of his claim.  State ex rel. Simmons v. Angelotta (June 12, 1997),
Cuyahoga App. No. 72198, unreported.  Costs to relator.
JAMES M. PORTER, J., CONCURS
                                   PATRICIA A. BLACKMON
                                   ADMINISTRATIVE JUDGE
.