COURT OF APPEALS OF OHIO, EIGHTH DISTRICT
                       COUNTY OF CUYAHOGA
                            NO. 78441
STATE OF OHIO ex rel.         :
MICHAEL P. SNEED              :
                              :    PETITION FOR WRIT OF
     Relator                  :    MANDAMUS
                              :
     vs.                      :    MOTION NO. 21189
                              :
NANCY RUSSO, JUDGE            :    JOURNAL ENTRY AND OPINION
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS         :
CUYAHOGA COUNTY, OHIO         :
                              :
     Respondent               :
JUDGMENT                      :    WRIT DENIED.
DATE OF JOURNALIZATION        :    SEPTEMBER 27, 2000
APPEARANCES:
For relator       :           MICHAEL P. SNEED, pro se
                              #343-653
                              Lorain Correctional Institution
                              2075 South Avon Belden Road
                              Grafton, Oho  44044
For respondent    :           WILLIAM D. MASON
                              Cuyahoga County Prosecutor
                              RANDI MARIE OSTRY
                              Assistant Prosecuting Attorney
                              Justice Center, Courts Tower
                              1200 Ontario Street
                              Cleveland, Ohio  44113
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ANN DYKE, A.J.:
     Michael P. Sneed, relator, is seeking a writ of mandamus  to
compel  respondent, Judge  Nancy  Russo,  to issue  a  ruling  on
relator's Motion to Withdraw Guilty Plea filed on June 9, 2000, in
C.P. Case No. CR-353104. Respondent moved for summary judgment and
attached a certified copy of a June 19, 2000 journal entry signed
by respondent  denying relator's motion.   Findings  of fact  and
conclusions  of law are  not required following  the denial of  a
motion to withdraw a guilty  plea.  State v. Halliwell (Dec.  30,
1996), Cuyahoga App. No. 70369, unreported.  Relator's action  is
moot, and respondent's motion  for summary judgment is  therefore
granted.
     Writ denied. Costs assessed against relator.  Clerk of court
to serve notice upon all parties as provided in Civ.R. 58(B).
TERRENCE O'DONNELL,J. CONCURS
                                        ANN DYKE
                                   ADMINISTRATIVE JUDGE
 
 
 
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