IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE WESTERN DIVISION

JASMINE THOMPSON, ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) ) No. 2:25-cv-02817-SHL-atc EXTO INC. d/b/a ATLAS; EXPERIAN ) INFORMATION SOLUTIONS, INC.; and ) TRANSUNION, LLC, ) Defendants. )

ORDER DISMISSING DEFENDANT EXTO INC. D/B/A ATLAS WITHOUT PREJUDICE

Plaintiff Jasmine Thompson filed a Notice of Dismissal as to Defendant Exto Inc. d/b/a Atlas (“Exto”), on November 4, 2025. (ECF No. 12.) In cases with multiple defendants, “Rule 21 provides the appropriate basis for dismissal of a single defendant.” Henderson-Thompson v. Jardoin, No. 2:22-cv-2013-MSN-cgc,

, at *2 (W.D. Tenn. Feb. 4, 2022) (citing Philip Carey Mfg. Co. v. Taylor,

, 785 (6th Cir. 1961)); see also Wilkerson v. Brakebill, No. 3:15-CV-435-TAV-CCS,

, at *2 (E.D. Tenn. Jan. 30, 2017) (collecting district court cases from within the Sixth Circuit that recognize that Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 21, rather than Rule 41, is applicable when dismissing a single claim or defendant rather than an entire lawsuit). Rule 21 provides that, “[o]n motion or on its own, the court may at any time, on just terms, add or drop a party.” Dropping parties under Rule 21 functions as a dismissal of the party. See Henderson-Thompson,

, at *2. Thus, all claims against Exto are DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE. This dismissal does not apply to Thompson’s claims against Defendant Experian Information Solutions, Inc. IT IS SO ORDERED, this 6th day of November, 2025. s/ Sheryl H. Lipman SHERYL H. LIPMAN CHIEF UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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