COURT OF APPEALS OF OHIO, EIGHTH DISTRICT
                       COUNTY OF CUYAHOGA
                            NO. 75501
STATE OF OHIO, ex rel.        :
DONALD RICHARD, JR.           :
                              :    PETITION FOR WRIT OF
     Relator                  :    MANDAMUS
                              :
     vs.                      :    MOTION NO. 2282
                              :
SHIRLEY SAFFOLD, JUDGE        :    JOURNAL ENTRY AND OPINION
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS         :
CUYAHOGA COUNTY, OHIO         :
                              :
     Respondent               :
JUDGMENT                      :    DISMISSED.
DATE OF JOURNALIZATION        :    JANUARY 14, 1999
APPEARANCES:
For relator       :           DONALD RICHARD, JR., pro se
                              #A358-099
                              Lorain Correctional Institution
                              2075 S. Avon Belden Road
                              Grafton, Ohio  44044
For respondent    :           CARMEN MARINO
                              Acting Cuyahoga County Prosecutor
                              RENEE L. SNOW, Assistant
                              Justice Center, Courts Tower
                              1200 Ontario Street
                              Cleveland, Ohio  44113
                               -2-
JAMES M. PORTER, A.J.
     Donald  Richard,  Jr.,  relator,   is  seeking  a  writ   of
mandamus/procedendo to compel respondent, Judge Shirley Saffold, to
issue a ruling  on a postconviction petition filed in  CR-221735.
Respondent moved to dismiss the petition and attached a certified
copy of a journal entry that was filed on December 1, 1998, in C.P.
Case No. CR-221735 wherein respondent issued a ruling on relator's
petition.  Accordingly, since  this action is now moot, we  grant
respondent's motion to dismiss.  State ex rel. Jerningham v. Court
of Common Pleas (1996), 74 Ohio St.3d 278, 658 N.E.2d 723.
     Case dismissed.  Costs to relator.
ANN DYKE, J., CONCURS
                                     JAMES M. PORTER
                                   ADMINISTRATIVE JUDGE
.