COURT OF APPEALS OF OHIO, EIGHTH DISTRICT
                       COUNTY OF CUYAHOGA
                           NO. 77479
STATE OF OHIO, EX REL.        :    PETITION FOR WRIT OF
MUJTABAA L. MUBASHSHIR,       :    MANDAMUS
A.K.A. LA PETTO JOHNSON       :
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               Relator        :    MOTION NO. 15764
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          vs.                 :    JOURNAL ENTRY AND OPINION
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KENNETH R. CALLAHAN, JUDGE    :
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS         :
CUYAHOGA COUNTY, OHIO         :
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               Respondent     :
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DATE OF JOURNALIZATION   :    APRIL 6, 2000
JUDGMENT                 :    WRIT DISMISSED.
APPEARANCES:
For Relator              :    MUJTABAA MUBASHSHIR,
                              A.K.A. La Petto Johnson, Pro Se
                              No. 206-629
                              North Central Corrections Institute
                              P. O. Box 1812
                              Marion, Ohio 43301-1812
For Respondent           :    WILLIAM D. MASON,
                                Cuyahoga County Prosecutor
                              SHERRY F. MCCREARY, Assistant
                              Justice Center, Courts Tower
                              1200 Ontario Street
                              Cleveland, Ohio 44113
ANN DYKE, A.J.:
     On  January  7,  2000,  the  relator,  Mujtabaa  Mubashshir,
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commenced this mandamus action to compel the respondent judge  to
issue findings of fact and conclusions of law for  postconviction
relief petitions, which  Mr. Mubashshir alleges that he filed  on
March 8, 1999, and August 11, 1999, in the underlying case, State
of Ohio  v. Lapetto Johnson  (now known  as Mujtabaa  Mubashshir)
Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court Case No. CR-230027.  On February
15, 2000, the respondent, through the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor,
moved for summary judgment, inter alia, on the grounds of mootness.
Attached  to the dispositive  motion was a  copy of a  certified,
signed and file-stamped February 10, 2000 journal entry containing
the  requisite findings of  fact and conclusions  of law for  Mr.
Mubashshir's March 8, 1999 petition.  This attachment establishes
that the judge has fulfilled his duty to issue the findings of fact
and conclusions of law  and that Mr. Mubashshir has received  his
requested relief, a resolution of his March 8, 1999 postconviction
petition.
     A review of the docket of the underlying case did not reveal
a postconviction  petition filed on August  11, 1999.  The  court
further notes that there is no duty to issue findings of fact and
conclusions of law for successive postconviction relief petitions.
State ex rel. Carroll v. Corrigan (1999), 84 Ohio St.3d 529,  705
N.E.2d 1226; Gause v. Zaleski (1999), 85 Ohio St.3d 614, 710 N.E.2d
684; State ex rel. White v. Goldberry (1996), 76 Ohio St.3d  271,
667 N.E.2d 391.
     Accordingly, the motion for summary judgment is granted, and
this writ action is dismissed.  Each party to bear his own costs.
TERRENCE O'DONNELL, J., CONCURS.
                              ANN DYKE, ADMINISTRATIVE JUDGE
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