Mawule Tepe v. Clifton L. Corker, in his Honorable U.S. District Judge

UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 23-1976
MAWULE TEPE,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
v.
CLIFTON L. CORKER, in his Honorable U.S. District Judge and personal positions;
TRAVIS R. MCDONOUGH, in his Honorable U.S. District Judge and personal
positions; KATHERINE A. CRYTZER, in her Honorable U.S. District Judge and
personal positions; CURTIS L. COLLIER, in his Honorable U.S. District Judge and
personal positions; SUSAN K. LEE, in her Honorable U.S. Magistrate Judge and
personal positions; CHRISTOPHER H. STEGER, in his Honorable U.S. District
Judge and personal positions; DANNY J. BOGGS, in his Honorable U.S. Sixth
Circuit Judge and personal positions; RICHARD ALLEN GRIFFIN, in his
Honorable U.S. Sixth Circuit Judge and personal positions; ANDRE B. MATHIS, in
his Honorable U.S. Sixth Circuit District Judge and personal positions; JOHN K.
BUSH, in his Honorable U.S. Sixth Circuit Judge and personal positions; ERIC E.
MURPHY, in his Honorable U.S. Sixth Circuit Judge and personal positions; ERIC
L. CLAY, in his Honorable U.S. Sixth Circuit Judge and personal positions; DAVID
W. MCKEAGUE, in his Honorable U.S. Sixth Circuit Judge and personal positions;
JOHN B. NALBANDIAN, in his Honorable U.S. Sixth Circuit Judge and personal
positions; RONALD LEE GILMAN, in his Honorable U.S. Sixth Circuit Judge and
personal positions; JULIA SMITH GIBBONS, in her Honorable U.S. Sixth Circuit
Judge and personal positions; CHAD A. READLER, in his Honorable U.S. Sixth
Circuit Judge and personal positions; DEBORAH S. HUNT, in her Sixth Circuit
Clerk’s and personal positions; MONICA M. PAGE, in her Sixth Circuit Clerk’s and
personal positions; PARIS LARON ROBINSON, in his Sixth Circuit Clerk’s and
personal positions; MICHELLE LAMBERT, in her Sixth Circuit Clerk’s and
personal positions; LEANNA WILSON, in her District Court Clerk’s and personal
positions; U.S. DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF
TENNESSEE; U.S. COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT; STATE
OF TENNESSEE; STATE OF OHIO; DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE; UNITED
STATES; LUCILLE LATTIMORE NELSON, Attorney at Ogletree Deakins Law
Firm, in her personal and Attorney position; WILLIAM STEWART RUTCHOW,

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Attorney at Ogletree Deakins Law Firm, in his personal and Attorney position;
OGLETREE, DEAKINS, NASH, SMOAK & STEWART PC, Law Firm; EMILY
LOUISE NENNI, Attorney at Javitch Block LLC, in her personal and Attorney
position; MICHAEL D. SLODOV, Attorney at Javitch Block LLC, in his personal
and Attorney position; JAVITCH BLOCK, LLC; FRANKIE NEIL SPERO,
Attorney at Bradley, Arant, Boult, Cummings LLP, in his personal and Attorney
capacity; BRADLEY ARANT BOULT CUMMINGS, LLP, Law Firm; DEREK
WAYNE MULLINS, Attorney at Baker Donelson Law Firm, in his Attorney and
personal position; JUSTIN MICHAEL SVEADAS, Attorney at Baker Donelson
Law Firm, in his Attorney and personal position; BAKER, DONELSON,
BEARMAN, CALDWELL & BERKOWITZ, PC, Law Firm; BANK OF
AMERICA; TRUIST FINANCIAL CORPORATION; WHIRLPOOL
CORPORATION,
Defendants - Appellees.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina, at
Charlotte. David C. Keesler, Magistrate Judge. (3:23-cv-00423-RJC-DCK)
Submitted: February 28, 2024 Decided: May 30, 2024
Before KING, WYNN, and BENJAMIN, Circuit Judges.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Mawule Tepe, Appellant Pro Se. Dawn Jordan, Assistant Attorney General, OFFICE OF
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TENNESSEE, Nashville, Tennessee; Benjamin R.
Holland, Michael D. Ray, OGLETREE DEAKINS NASH SMOAK & STEWART, PC,
Charlotte, North Carolina; Michael D. Slodov, JAVITCH BLOCK, LLC, Cleveland, Ohio;
Robert R. Marcus, BRADLEY ARANT BOULT CUMMINGS LLP, Charlotte, North
Carolina; Derek Wayne Mullins, BAKER DONELSON, Chattanooga, Tennessee; Thomas
Richmond McPherson, III, MCGUIREWOODS, LLP, Charlotte, North Carolina, for
Appellees.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:
Mawule Tepe seeks to appeal the magistrate judge’s August 4, 2023, order directing
the filing of a response to a motion to dismiss his civil action, August 8, 2023, order
granting a motion for extension of time to file an answer or otherwise respond, August 11,
2023, order denying his motion for extension of time, August 23, 2023, order denying his
motion for leave to file a first amended complaint against several Defendants and directing
the filing of an amended complaint or a response to the pending motion to dismiss, August
25 and August 28, 2023, orders granting motions for extension of time to answer or
otherwise respond, August 30 and September 6, 2023, orders directing him to file responses
to motions to dismiss, September 8, 2023, order denying his motions challenging the
jurisdiction of the district court and for an order of prohibition and to strike, and September
11, 2023, order denying his motion challenging the qualification of an attorney and to
strike. Appellees Javitch Block, LLC, Emily Louise Nenni, and Michael D. Slodov move
to dismiss the appeal for lack of jurisdiction.
This court may exercise jurisdiction only over final orders, 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and
certain interlocutory and collateral orders, 28 U.S.C. § 1292; Fed. R. Civ. P. 54(b);
Cohen v. Beneficial Indus. Loan Corp., 337 U.S. 541, 545-47 (1949). The orders Tepe
seeks to appeal are neither final orders nor appealable interlocutory or collateral orders.
Accordingly, we grant Appellees’ motion to dismiss and dismiss the appeal for lack of
jurisdiction. We deny Tepe’s motions to place the appeal in abeyance, to dismiss parties
and to strike, to amend or correct his notice of appeal, to accelerate case processing and to
expedite decision, to vacate the district court’s case proceedings as null and void and

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requesting a ruling on pending motions and objections, to strike, and seeking costs. We
deny the motions filed by Appellees Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz,
PC, Derek Wayne Mullins, Justin Michael Sveadas, and Truist Financial Corporation to
suspend briefing, for costs, and to affirm. We deny the motion filed by Appellees
Whirlpool Corporation, Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C., William Stewart
Rutchow, and Lucille Lattimore Nelson to affirm.
We dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are
adequately presented in the materials before this court and argument would not aid the
decisional process.
DISMISSED

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