COURT OF APPEALS OF OHIO, EIGHTH DISTRICT
                       COUNTY OF CUYAHOGA
                            NO. 76257
STATE OF OHIO ex rel.         :
RICHARD E. CARLEY             :
                              :    PETITION FOR WRIT OF
     Relator                  :    MANDAMUS
                              :
     vs.                      :    MOTION NO. 7188
                              :
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS         :    JOURNAL ENTRY AND OPINION
CUYAHOGA COUNTY, OHIO         :
                              :
     Respondent               :
JUDGMENT                      :    DISMISSED.
DATE OF JOURNALIZATION        :    JUNE 17, 1999
APPEARANCES:
For relator       :           RICHARD E. CARLEY, pro se
                              #356-102
                              Post Office Box 788
                              Mansfield, Ohio  44901
For respondent    :           WILLIAM D. MASON
                              Cuyahoga County Prosecutor
                              Justice Center, Courts Tower
                              1200 Ontario Street
                              Cleveland, Ohio  44113
                               -2-
JAMES M. PORTER, A.J.:
     Relator, Richard E. Carley, seeks a writ of mandamus in order
to compel  the respondent, the  Cuyahoga County  Court of  Common
Pleas, to rule on a  motion captioned  motion for preparation  of
complete transcript  of  all  proceedings and  records  at  state
expense   as filed  in the underlying  case of  State v.  Carley,
Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas Case No. CR-355,976.
     Sua sponte, we dismiss the relator's complaint for a writ of
mandamus.   The  relator has  failed  to comply  with  Loc.App.R.
45(B)(1)(a), which provides that a complaint  *** must be supported
by an  affidavit  from the  plaintiff or  relator specifying  the
details of the claim.   State ex rel. McCool v. Adult Parole Auth.
(Mar. 5, 1998), Cuyahoga App. No. 73487, unreported.
     In addition, the  relator has failed  to establish that  the
respondent possesses a clear legal duty to grant the motion  that
was filed in State v.  Carley, supra.  State ex rel.  Westchester
Estates, Inc. v.  Bacon (1980), 37 Ohio  St.2d 42; State ex  rel.
Carter v. Wilkinson (1994), 70 Ohio St. 3d 65.
     Accordingly, we dismiss the relator's complaint for a writ of
mandamus.  Costs to relator.
     Writ dismissed
ANN DYKE, J., CONCURS
.