COURT OF APPEALS OF OHIO, EIGHTH DISTRICT
                       COUNTY OF CUYAHOGA
                            NO. 79194
STATE OF OHIO EX REL.         :
LONNY LEE BRISTOW             : PETITION FOR WRIT OF PROHIBITION
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     PETITIONER               :   MOTION NO. 25238
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v.                            :   JOURNAL ENTRY AND OPINION
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TOLEDO BLADE, ET AL.          :
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     RESPONDENTS              :
DATE OF JOURNALIZATION:       MARCH 6, 2001
JUDGMENT:                     DISMISSED.
APPEARANCES:
For Petitioner:               Lonnie Lee Bristow, pro se
                              Inmate No. 357-921
                              S.O.C.F.
                              P.O. Box 45699
                              Lucasville, OH 45699
For Toledo Blade, et al.:     Legal Counsel
                              Toledo Blade
                              541 Superior Street
                              Toledo, OH 43660
                              Legal Counsel
                              Portsmouth Daily Times
                              637 Sixth Street
                              Portsmouth, OH 45662
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APPEARANCES [CONTINUED]:
For Associated Press:         Legal Counsel
                              Associated Press
                              50 Rockefeller Plaza
                              New York, New York 10012
                               -2-
For Conan O'Brien:            Legal Counsel
                              Conan O'Brien
                              c/o NBC
                              30 Rockefeller Plaza
                              New York, New York, 10012
For Michael Eugene Hay:       Michael Eugene Hay, pro se
                              Inmate No. 372-748
                              S.O.C.F.
                              P.O. Box 45699
                              Lucasville, OH 45699
For Alan Johnson:             Alan Johnson, Esq.
                              c/o Columbus Dispatch
                              34 South Third Street
                              Columbus, OH 43216
For Frank Lewis:              Frank Lewis, Esq.
                              1009 Gallia Street
                              Portsmouth, OH 45662
For National Broadcasting     Legal Counsel
Company:                      National Broadcasting Company
                              30 Rockefeller Plaza
                              New York, New York 10012
For Joe Saunders:             Joe Saunders, Esq.
                              559 North Wheeling Street
                              No. 1
                              Toledo, OH 43605
For WBNS 10-TV Inc.:          Legal Counsel
                              WBNS 10-TV Inc.
                              770 Twin Rivers Drive
                              Columbus, OH 43216
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APPEARANCES [CONTINUED]:
For WNWO:                     Legal Counsel
                              WNWO
                              300 Byrne Road
                              Toledo, OH 43660
For WNXT:                     Legal Counsel
                              WNXT
                              P.O. Box 1228
                              Portsmouth, OH 45662
                               -3-
For WTOL:                     Legal Counsel
                              WTOL
                              730 North Summit Street
                              Toledo, OH 43695
For WTVE:                     Legal Counsel
                              WTVE
                              4247 Dorr Street
                              Toledo, OH 43607
                               -4-
TIMOTHY E. McMONAGLE, P.J.:
     Relator, Lonny Lee Bristow, has filed a petition for a writ of
prohibition. Sua sponte, we dismiss relator's petition for a writ
of prohibition.
     In order for this court to issue a writ of prohibition,  the
relator must establish that: 1) the respondent is about to exercise
judicial  power;  2)  the exercise  of  such  judicial  power  is
unauthorized by  law; and 3)  the denial of  the writ will  cause
injury for which no other adequate remedy exists in the  ordinary
course of the law.  State  ex rel. Barclays Bank PLC v.  Hamilton
Cty. Court of Common Pleas (1996), 74 Ohio St.3d 536; State ex rel.
Largent v. Fisher (1989), 43 Ohio St.3d 160.  Herein, the relator
has named the Toledo Blade, WNWO, WTOL, WTVE, National Broadcasting
Company, Conan  O'Brien, Alan  Johnson, WBNS  10-TY, Inc.,  Frank
Lewis, WNXT, Portsmouth Daily Times, Michael Eugene Hay, Associated
Press, and Joe Saunders as respondents.  Not one of the aforesaid
respondents is able to or about to exercise judicial power.  Thus,
the relator's petition for a writ of prohibition fails to state a
claim upon which relief  can be granted which mandates that  this
court enter a judgment of dismissal pursuant to Civ.R.  12(B)(6).
See, also, State ex rel. Peeples v. Anderson (1995), 73 Ohio St.3d
559.
     Accordingly, we sua sponte dismiss the applicant's  petition
for a writ of prohibition.  Clerk to serve notice of this judgment
to all parties as provided in Civ.R. 58(B).  Costs to relator.
     Petition dismissed.
                              TIMOTHY E. McMONAGLE, PRESIDING JUDGE
MICHAEL J. CORRIGAN, J. and
DYKE, J., CONCUR.
 
 
 
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