COURT OF APPEALS OF OHIO, EIGHTH DISTRICT
                       COUNTY OF CUYAHOGA
                            NO. 77617
STATE OF OHIO ex rel.         :
ROBERT CLOUD                  :
                              :    PETITION FOR WRIT OF
     Relator                  :    HABEAS CORPUS
                              :
     vs.                      :    MOTION NO. 14759
                              :
OHIO ADULT AUTHORITY          :    JOURNAL ENTRY AND OPINION
1050 Freeway Drive, N.        :
Columbus, Ohio  43225         :
                              :
     Respondent               :
JUDGMENT                      :    DISMISSED.
DATE OF JOURNALIZATION        :    FEBRUARY 28, 2000
APPEARANCES:
For relator       :           ROBERT CLOUD, pro se
                              Be.C.I. 334-601
                              Post Office Box 540
                              St. Clairsville, Ohio  43950
For respondent    :           BETTY D. MONTGOMERY
                              Attorney General of Ohio
                              State Office tower, 16th Floor
                              30 E. Broad Street
                              Columbus, Ohio  43266-0410
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ANN DYKE, A.J.:
     Robert Cloud, petitioner, commenced this habeas action against
respondent, the Ohio Adult Parole Authority, to obtain his release
from prison.  Petitioner states he was released from prison after
serving his sentence and put on post-release control pursuant  to
R.C. 2967.28.   The document  attached to  the petition  entitled
"Sanction Order" indicates that  at a hearing held on October  6,
1999, petitioner was found guilty of violating certain rules  and
was ordered to serve a 245-day prison term.  Petitioner  contends
his   imprisonment  is   unlawful   because   R.C.   2967.28   is
unconstitutional in that it empowers a nonjudicial branch of  the
government to deprive him  of his liberty without due process  of
law.   For  the  following reasons,  we  sua sponte  dismiss  the
petition.
     This court lacks  territorial jurisdiction to entertain  the
petition  because  petitioner  is  incarcerated  at  the  Belmont
Correctional Institution in St. Clairsville, Ohio, and is not  in
the custody of any authority that is located in Cuyahoga  County.
See R.C. 2725.03; Bridges v. McMackin (1989), 44 Ohio St.3d  135,
541 N.E.2d 1035; State ex rel. Cotor v. Ohio Adult Parole Authority
(Jan. 3, 2000), Cuyahoga App. No. 77225, unreported; State ex rel.
Dixon v. Gold (1991),  76 Ohio App.3d 518,  602 N.E.2d 408.   The
proper forum for seeking release from prison in a habeas action is
the appropriate court within the county in which the institution of
incarceration is located.  See R.C. 2725.03.
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     Additionally, petitioner has failed to support his  petition
with an  affidavit that  specifies the  details of  his claim  as
required by Loc.App.R.  45(B)(1)(a) and has failed to verify  his
petition as required by R.C. 2725.04.  These omissions also warrant
dismissal. State ex rel. Cotor, supra; see In the Matter of Damien
Corley (May 6, 1999), Cuyahoga App. No. 76377, unreported.
     Accordingly, the  petition for a  writ of  habeas corpus  is
dismissed.  Costs to petitioner.
TERRENCE O'DONNELL, J. CONCURS
                                         ANN DYKE
                                   ADMINISTRATIVE JUDGE
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