COURT OF APPEALS OF OHIO, EIGHTH DISTRICT
                       COUNTY OF CUYAHOGA
                            NO. 79619
STATE OF OHIO, ex rel.        :
NATHAN L. HAWKINS             :
                              :
               Relator        :         JOURNAL ENTRY
                              :              and
     vs.                      :            OPINION
                              :
DANIEL CORRIGAN, JUDGE        :
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS         :
CUYAHOGA COUNTY, OHIO         :
                              :
               Respondent     :
CHARACTER OF PROCEEDING       :    WRIT OF MANDAMUS
                              :    (Motion No. 29516)
JUDGMENT                      :    WRIT DISMISSED.
DATE OF JOURNALIZATION        :    JULY 17, 2001
APPEARANCES:
For relator    :              NATHAN L. HAWKINS, pro se
                              #224-224
                              Richland Correctional Institution
                              Post Office Box 8107
                              Mansfield, Ohio  44901
For respondent :              WILLIAM D. MASON
                              Cuyahoga County Prosecutor
                              DIANE SMILANICK, Assistant
                              The Justice Center, 9th Floor
                              1200 Ontario Street
                              Cleveland, Ohio  44113
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KENNETH A. ROCCO, P.J.
     On May 8, 2001, the relator, Nathan Hawkins, commenced  this
mandamus action to compel the respondent judge to issue findings of
fact and conclusions of law for a postconviction relief petition,
which Mr. Hawkins, in 1996, filed in the underlying case, State of
Ohio v. Nathan Hawkins, Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court Case No.
CR-12316.  On June 5, 2001, the respondent, through the  Cuyahoga
County Prosecutor, moved  for summary judgment on the grounds  of
mootness.   Attached to the  dispositive motion was  a copy of  a
certified, signed  and file-stamped  June 4,  2001 journal  entry
containing the requisite findings of fact and conclusions of  law
for Mr. Hawkins' petition.  A review of the postconviction petition
establishes that these  findings of fact  and conclusions of  law
fairly meet the claims argued.  This attachment establishes  that
the judge has fulfilled his duty to issue the findings of fact and
conclusions of law and that Mr. Hawkins has received his requested
relief, a resolution of his postconviction petition.
     Accordingly, the motion for summary judgment is granted, and
this writ action is dismissed.  Respondent to pay costs.  The clerk
is directed to serve upon the parties notice of this judgment and
its date of entry upon the journal. Civ.R. 58(B).
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JAMES J. SWEENEY, J.   CONCURS
TERRENCE O'DONNELL, J. CONCURS
                                           KENNETH A. ROCCO
                                           PRESIDING JUDGE
 
.