Mawule Tepe v. Whirlpool Corporation

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE AT CHATTANOOGA MAWULE TEPE, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) No. 1:23-CV-00144-DCLC-CHS ) WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION, ) ) Defendant. ) MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER This matter is before the Court on Plaintiff Mawule Tepe’s Motion to Change Venue [Doc. 17], in which he “requests that this Court change venue in his case[] to Bradley County Civil Circuit Court, in Cleveland[,] Tennessee,” [id. at 1]. The Court construes his motion to change venue as a motion to remand, and for the reasons herein, the Court will deny his motion. I. BACKGROUND Mr. Tepe,…