COURT OF APPEALS OF OHIO, EIGHTH DISTRICT
                       COUNTY OF CUYAHOGA
                            NO. 77923
RUDOLPH WEST                  :
                              :    PETITION FOR WRIT OF
     Relator                  :    MANDAMUS
                              :
     vs.                      :    MOTION NO. 18546
                              :
STATE OF OHIO                 :    JOURNAL ENTRY AND OPINION
                              :
     Respondent               :
JUDGMENT                      :    DISMISSED.
DATE OF JOURNALIZATION        :    JULY 6, 2000
APPEARANCES:
For relator       :           RUDOLPH WEST, pro se
                              #376-189
                              Richland Correctional Institution
                              1001 Oliveburg Road
                              Post Office Box 8104
                              Mansfield, Ohio  44901
For respondent    :           WILLIAM D. MASON
                              Cuyahoga County Prosecutor
                              KRISTEN L. LUSNIA
                              Assistant Prosecuting Attorney
                              Justice Center, Courts Tower
                              1200 Ontario Street
                              Cleveland, Ohio  44113
                               -2-
ANN DYKE, A.J.:
     Rudolph West, relator, is seeking a writ of mandamus to compel
"state officers/agents to abide by state and federal laws" and to
compel "the  Court to answer  why they  violated the  plaintiff's
rights/plea agreement  ***."  The  prosecutor filed  a Motion  to
Dismiss  contending the  petition was  fatally defective  because
relator did not sufficiently identify the respondent(s), did  not
institute the action in the name of the state on relation of  the
person applying pursuant to R.C. 2731.04, and did not support the
petition with an affidavit as required by Loc.App.R. 45(B)(1)(a).
In addition, the prosecutor argues that relator failed to set forth
the duty upon which relief was mandated and that relator failed to
demonstrate the inadequacy of the remedy of appeal.  We agree with
the contentions of the  prosecutor and hereby grant  respondent's
motion and dismiss  relator's petition.   See Litigaide, Inc.  v.
Custodian of Records  for Lakewood Police  Dept. (1996), 75  Ohio
St.3d 508,  664 N.E.2d 521;  State ex rel.  Calloway v. Court  of
Common Pleas (Feb. 27, 1997), Cuyahoga App. No. 71699, unreported.
     Case dismissed.  Costs to relator.
TERRENCE O'DONNELL,J. CONCURS
                                        ANN DYKE
                                   ADMINISTRATIVE JUDGE
 
.