COURT OF APPEALS OF OHIO, EIGHTH DISTRICT
                       COUNTY OF CUYAHOGA
                            NO. 78725
S/O EX REL., THOMAS P.      :
CAMPBELL                    :
                            :      PETITION FOR WRIT OF
     Relator                :
                            :            MANDAMUS
     vs.                    :
                            :
JUDGE TIMOTHY P. GILLIGAN   :
                            :
     Respondent             :
                            :
JUDGMENT                    :      COMPLAINT DISMISSED.
DATE OF JOURNALIZATION      :      FEBRUARY 1, 2001
APPEARANCES:
For relator:        THOMAS B. CAMPBELL, pro se
                    9837 Memphis Avenue, No. 11
                    Brooklyn, Ohio 44144
For respondent:     TIMOTHY DOBECK, Esq.
                    Law Director, City of Parma
                    6611 Ridge Road
                    Parma, Ohio 44129
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     Relator, Thomas B. Campbell III, has filed a complaint for a
writ of mandamus through which he seeks an order from this  court
which requires the respondent, Judge Timothy P. Gilligan, to vacate
the judgment and sentence of incarceration that was imposed in the
underlying case  of City of  Brooklyn v.  Thomas Campbell,  Parma
Municipal Court Case Nos. 99TRD14757 and 99CRB03714.  The relator
argues that the denial of his right to a speedy trial mandates that
the respondent vacate the judgment and sentence of incarceration as
imposed  on June  6, 2000.    The relator  was convicted  of  the
offenses: 1) hit-skip/leaving the scene of an accident; 2) reckless
operation of a motor vehicle; 3) speeding; 4) improper passing; 5)
driving through private property; 6) traffic signal violations; and
7) turn signal violation. The relator was sentenced to one hundred
and eighty days of incarceration within the Cuyahoga County Jail.
The respondent has filed a motion to dismiss.
     The Supreme Court of Ohio, in State ex rel. Dix v. Angellota
(1985), 18 Ohio St.3d 115, held that mandamus may not be employed
to determine whether an individual's right to a speedy trial  has
been violated.  The Supreme  Court of Ohio, in Dix, further  held
that an  individual's claim  of a lack  of speedy  trial must  be
addressed through a direct  appeal and not mandamus.  See,  also,
State ex rel. Drake v. Judge Sutula (May 6, 1999), Cuyahoga  App.
No. 76000, unreported.
     Accordingly, we grant  the respondent's  motion to  dismiss.
Clerk  to service notices  to all parties  as provided in  Civ.R.
                               -3-
58(B).  Costs to relator.
     Complaint dismissed.
TIMOTHY E. McMONAGLE, P.J., and
ANNE L. KILBANE, J., CONCUR.
                              ___________________________________
                                        JAMES D. SWEENEY
                                             JUDGE
 
.