COURT OF APPEALS OF OHIO, EIGHTH DISTRICT
                       COUNTY OF CUYAHOGA
                            NO. 77507
STATE OF OHIO, EX REL.             :
JOSEPH D. PHILLIPS                 :     JOURNAL ENTRY
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   Relator                         :           AND
                                   :
     -vs-                          :         OPINION
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CUYAHOGA COUNTY ADULT              :
PROBATION DEPARTMENT               :
                                   :
   Respondent                      :
Date of Journalization:            MARCH 23, 2000
Character of Proceeding:           MANDAMUS
Judgment:                          DISMISSED
Appearances:
For Relator:                       For Respondent:
JOSEPH D. PHILLIPS, Pro Se         WILLIAM D. MASON
Inmate No. 377-724                 Cuyahoga County Prosecutor
Trumbull Correctional Institute    L. CHRISTOPHER FREY, Assistant
P.O. Box 901                       Prosecuting Attorney
Leavittsburg, Ohio 44430           1200 Ontario Street
                                   Cleveland, Ohio 44113
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JAMES M. PORTER, J.:
     Joseph D. Phillips, relator,  filed a  Petition for Writ  of
Mandamus, Distinct Action   in which he  moved this court for  an
order directing respondent,  the Cuyahoga County Adult  Probation
Department,  to  provide  him with  a  copy  of  his  presentence
investigation report that was filed with the trial court prior to
his  sentencing in C.P.  Case No. CR-370526.   For the  following
reasons, we sua sponte dismiss the petition.
     A petition for a writ of mandamus  must contain the specific
statements of fact upon which the claim of illegality is based and
must be supported by  an affidavit from the plaintiff or  relator
specifying the  details of  the claim.   Absent  such detail  and
attachments the complaint  is subject to dismissal.    Loc.App.R.
45(B)(1)(a); State ex rel. Key v. Court of Common Pleas (Jan.  9,
1997), Cuyahoga App. No. 71680, unreported; State ex rel. Tillman
v. Fuerst  (May 7, 1996),  Cuyahoga App.  No. 70580,  unreported.
Relator has not set forth any facts in the petition which  detail
his claim  against  respondent;  nor has  relator  supported  his
petition with an affidavit that specifies the details of his claim.
Accordingly,  the petition  is dismissed  for noncompliance  with
Loc.App.R. 45(B)(1)(a).  Costs are to be assessed against relator.
JAMES D. SWEENEY, P.J., and
PATRICIA A. BLACKMON, J., CONCUR.
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