COURT OF APPEALS OF OHIO, EIGHTH DISTRICT
                       COUNTY OF CUYAHOGA
                            NO. 77755
MELVIN SOSTRE                 :         JOURNAL ENTRY
                              :
               PETITIONER     :               AND
                              :
          -vs-                :             OPINION
                              :
GERALD T. MCFAUL, ET AL.      :
                              :
               RESPONDENT     :
DATE OF JOURNALIZATION:            MARCH 23, 2000
CHARACTER OF PROCEEDING:           HABEAS CORPUS
JUDGMENT:                          DISMISSED
APPEARANCES:
FOR PETITIONER:                    FOR RESPONDENT:
JOHN A. FRENDEN, ESQ.              WILLIAM D. MASON, ESQ.
555 Leader Building                CUYAHOGA COUNTY PROSECUTOR
Cleveland, Ohio 44114              9th Floor - Justice Center
                                   1200 Ontario Street
                                   Cleveland, Ohio 44113
                                   BETTY D. MONTGOMERY, ESQ.
                                   ATTORNEY GENERAL OF OHIO
                                   State Office Tower - 16th Fl.
                                   30 East Broad Street
                                   Columbus, Ohio 43266-0410
                               -2-
DYKE, A.J.:
     Sua sponte, Petition for a Writ of Habeas Corpus is dismissed
for failure to comply with R.C. 2725.04(D) which requires that  a
copy of  the commitment or cause  of detention be submitted  when
applying for habeas relief or that a showing be made of the  fact
that a detention is without legal authority.  State ex rel. Wynn v.
McFaul (1998), 81 Ohio St.3d  193, 690 N.E.2d 7; Bloss v.  Rogers
(1992), 65 Ohio St.3d 145, 602  N.E.2d 602; In Re Corley (May  6,
1999), Cuyahoga  App. No. 76377,  unreported.   In addition,  the
petition is not verified as  required by R.C. 2725.04 and is  not
supported with an affidavit specifying the details of petitioner's
claim as required by Loc. App.R. 45(B)(1)(a).  These deficiencies
provide further grounds for dismissing this action.  See State ex
rel. Ranzy v.  Coyle (1998), 81 Ohio  St.3d 109, 689 N.E.2d  563;
State ex rel. Mickey v. McFaul (Dec. 23, 1999), Cuyahoga App. Nos.
77320, 77321, unreported.
     Accordingly, case is dismissed.  Costs to petitioner.
PATTON, J.      AND
KILBANE, J., CONCUR.
                                         ADMINISTRATIVE JUDGE
                                              ANN DYKE
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