COURT OF APPEALS OF OHIO, EIGHTH DISTRICT
                       COUNTY OF CUYAHOGA
                            NO. 75795
STATE OF OHIO, ex rel.        :
GERALD TAYLOR, JR.            :
                              :    PETITION FOR WRIT OF
     Relator                  :    PROCEDENDO
                              :
     vs.                      :    MOTION NO. 4400
                              :
RICHARD LILLIE, JUDGE         :    JOURNAL ENTRY AND OPINION
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS         :
CUYAHOGA COUNTY, OHIO         :
                              :
     Respondent               :
JUDGMENT                      :    DISMISSED.
DATE OF JOURNALIZATION        :    MARCH 18, 1999
APPEARANCES:
For relator       :           GERALD TAYLOR, JR., pro se
                              #241-775
                              Post Office Box 78
                              Mansfield, Ohio  44901
For respondent    :           WILLIAM D. MASON
                              Cuyahoga County Prosecutor
                              DIANE SMILANICK, Assistant
                              Justice Center, Courts Tower
                              1200 Ontario Street
                              Cleveland, Ohio  44113
                               -2-
JAMES M. PORTER, A.J.
     Relator, Gerald Taylor, Jr., is seeking a writ of procedendo
to compel respondent, Judge Richard Lillie, to proceed to judgment
on his  Motion for New  Trial filed in  C.P. Case No.  CR-268652.
Respondent  has moved  for summary  judgment and  has attached  a
certified, file-stamped  copy of  a journal  entry wherein  Judge
Mannen denied relator's motion on December 30, 1998.  This action
is now moot. Accordingly, respondent's motion for summary judgment
is granted.
     Case dismissed.  Costs to respondent.
ANN DYKE, J., CONCURS
.