COURT OF APPEALS OF OHIO, EIGHTH DISTRICT
                        COUNTY OF CUYAHOGA
                     Nos. 82166, 82167 82168
BRUCE ANDREW BROWN            :         ORIGINAL ACTION
                              :
                              :         JOURNAL ENTRY
          Relator             :               AND
                              :            OPINION
    vs.                       :
                              :
GERALD MCFAUL, SHERIFF        :
                              :
          Respondent          :
DATE OF JOURNALIZATION:            JANUARY 2. 2003
CHARACTER OF PROCEEDINGS:          WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS
JUDGMENT:                          Writs Dismissed.
                                   Motion Nos. 344253, 344254,
                                   and 344355.
APPEARANCES:
For Relator:                       BRUCE A. BROWN, pro se
                                   P.O. Box 14172
                                   Cleveland, Ohio 44114-0172
For Respondent:                    WILLIAM D. MASON, ESQ.
                                   Cuyahoga County Prosecutor
                                   Justice Center - 9th Floor
                                   1200 Ontario Street
                                   Cleveland, Ohio 44113
                                -2-
FRANK D. CELEBREZZE, JR., J.
    On December 11, 2002, the petitioner, Bruce Andrew Brown,
commenced these three habeas corpus actions against Sheriff Gerald
McFaul.  Because the petitions are fatally defective, this court
dismisses them sua sponte.
    Brown failed to comply with R.C. 2969.25, which requires an
affidavit that describes each civil action or appeal filed by the
petitioner within the previous five years in any state or federal
court.  Moreover, R.C. 2969.21(D) explicitly applies this
requirement to inmates in county jails.   His failure to comply with
R.C. 2969.25 warrants dismissal of the complaint for a writ of
habeas corpus. State ex rel. Kimbro v. Glavas, 97 Ohio St.3d 197,
2002-Ohio-5808; State ex rel. White v. Suster, 95 Ohio St.3d 465,
2002-Ohio-2482;   State ex rel. Zanders v. Ohio Parole Board, 82
Ohio St.3d 421, 1998-Ohio-218, 696 N.E.2d 594 and State ex rel.
Alford v. Winters, 80 Ohio St.3d 285, 1997-Ohio-117, 685 N.E.2d
1242.
    Accordingly, this court dismisses these three actions for
habeas corpus.   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).  Costs assessed against petitioner.
    Writs Dismissed.
TIMOTHY E. McMONAGLE, A.J.,   AND
COLLEEN CONWAY COONEY, J., CONCUR.
                                      FRANK D. CELEBREZZE, JR.
                                               JUDGE
 
 
 
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