COURT OF APPEALS OF OHIO, EIGHTH DISTRICT
                       COUNTY OF CUYAHOGA
                           NO. 77375
STATE OF OHIO, EX REL.        :    PETITION FOR WRIT OF
ANDRE C. CRAWFORD             :    MANDAMUS
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               Relator        :    MOTION NO. 16971
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          vs.                 :    JOURNAL ENTRY AND OPINION
                              :
GERALD E. FUERST, CLERK       :
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS         :
CUYAHOGA COUNTY, OHIO         :
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               Respondent     :
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DATE OF JOURNALIZATION   :    MAY 18, 2000
JUDGMENT                 :    WRIT DENIED.
APPEARANCES:
For Relator              :    ANDRE C. CRAWFORD, Pro Se
                              No. 372-842
                              15708 State Route 78 West
                              Caldwell, Ohio 43724-8902
For Respondent           :    WILLIAM D. MASON,
                                Cuyahoga County Prosecutor
                              L. CHRISTOPHER FREY, Assistant
                              Justice Center, Courts Tower
                              1200 Ontario Street
                              Cleveland, Ohio 44113
ANN DYKE, A.J.:
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     Relator avers that he has paid respondent clerk for copies of
various filings in  State v. Crawford,  Cuyahoga County Court  of
Common Pleas Case Nos. CR-298403 and 298553, and State v. Crawford,
Cuyahoga App. No. 66245, but has not received the copies.  Relator
requests that this  court compel respondent  clerk to forward  to
relator copies of the documents which he has requested.
     Respondent has filed a motion for summary judgment.  Attached
to  the  motion  for summary  judgment  is  a copy  of  a  letter
transmitting to  relator copies of  the items  identified in  the
complaint.  Respondent  argues that this  action in mandamus  is,
therefore, moot.  We agree.  See State ex rel. Blackwell v. Fuerst
(Jan. 14, 1999), Cuyahoga App. No. 75316, unreported.
     Relator  also  complains  that  respondent  is  charging  an
excessive amount for copies.  Yet, also attached to the motion for
summary judgment is a copy of an order of the court of common pleas
authorizing the charges.  See also R.C. 2303.26 which provides, in
part:   The clerk of the court of common pleas *** shall be under
the direction of his [sic] court.    As a consequence, any  right
which relator may have to relief is less than clear.
     Accordingly, respondent's  motion  for summary  judgment  is
granted.  Respondent to pay costs.
     Writ denied.
TERRENCE O'DONNELL, J., CONCURS.
                              ANN DYKE, ADMINISTRATIVE JUDGE
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