COURT OF APPEALS OF OHIO, EIGHTH DISTRICT
                       COUNTY OF CUYAHOGA
                            NO. 76439
STATE OF OHIO ex rel.         :
EDUARDO TORRES                :
                              :    PETITION FOR WRIT OF
     Relator                  :    MANDAMUS
                              :
     vs.                      :    MOTION NO. 9206
                              :
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS         :    JOURNAL ENTRY AND OPINION
CUYAHOGA COUNTY, OHIO         :
                              :
     Respondent               :
JUDGMENT                      :    WRIT DENIED.
DATE OF JOURNALIZATION        :    AUGUST 26, 1999
APPEARANCES:
For relator       :           EDUARDO TORRES, pro se
                              #209-647
                              878 Coitsville-Hubbard Road
                              Youngstown, Ohio  44505
For respondent    :           WILLIAM D. MASON
                              Cuyahoga County Prosecutor
                              RENO J. ORADINI, JR., Assistant
                              Justice Center, Courts Tower
                              1200 Ontario Street
                              Cleveland, Ohio  44113
                               -2-
JAMES M. PORTER, A.J.
     Eduardo  Torres, relator,  filed a  petition for  a writ  of
mandamus to compel respondent, the Court of Common Pleas, to issue
findings of  fact and conclusions  of law for  the denial of  his
petition for  postconviction relief in  C.P. Case No.  CR-306484.
Respondent moved for summary judgment and attached a file-stamped,
certified copy of the requested findings, which were filed in C.P.
Case No. CR-306484 on July 19, 1999.  This action is now moot since
the requested relief has been performed.  A writ of mandamus cannot
be issued  to compel  an act already  performed.   State ex  rel.
Jerningham v. Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas (1996), 74 Ohio
St.3d 278, 658 N.E.2d 723.  Accordingly, respondent's motion  for
summary judgment is granted.
     Writ denied.  Costs to respondent.
ANN DYKE, J. CONCURRING.
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