COURT OF APPEALS OF OHIO, EIGHTH DISTRICT
                       COUNTY OF CUYAHOGA
                            NO. 76316
STATE OF OHIO ex rel.         :
RANDY LEWIS                   :
                              :    PETITION FOR WRIT OF
     Relator                  :    MANDAMUS
                              :
     vs.                      :    MOTION NO. 7413
                              :
JUDGE LLOYD BROWN (Deceased)  :    JOURNAL ENTRY AND OPINION
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS         :
CUYAHOGA COUNTY, OHIO         :
                              :
     Respondent               :
JUDGMENT                      :    DISMISSED.
DATE OF JOURNALIZATION        :    JULY 8, 1999
APPEARANCES:
For relator       :           RANDY LEWIS, pro se
                              #137-610
                              Post Office Box 1812
                              Marion, Ohio  43301
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, Randy  Lewis, has filed a  complaint for a writ  of
mandamus  through which he  seeks an order  from this court  that
requires the respondent, Judge Lloyd O. Brown, to grant a  motion
for default judgement pursuant to Civil Rule (55) (a),  which was
filed in the underlying  case of State v. Lewis, Cuyahoga  County
Court of Common Pleas Case No. CR-264783.
     In order  for this court  to issue a  writ of mandamus,  the
relator must establish that: 1) the relator possesses a clear legal
right to the relief requested; 2) the respondent possesses a clear
legal duty  to perform  the  requested act;  and 3)  the  relator
possesses no  plain and adequate  remedy at law.   State ex  rel.
Carter v. Wilkinson (1994),  70 Ohio St.3d 65.   In the case  sub
judice,  the relator has  failed to establish  each prong of  the
aforesaid  three-part test.   State  ex rel.  Bardo v.  Lyndhurst
(1988), 37 Ohio St.3d 106; State ex rel. Westchester Estates, Inc.
v. Bacon (1980), 37 Ohio St.2d 42.
     Accordingly, we sua sponte dismiss the relator's complaint for
a writ of mandamus.  Costs to relator.
     Writ dismissed.
ANN DYKE, J., CONCURS
.