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Nature of Suit Code: 480
Nature of Suit: Consumer Credit
Cause of Action: 15:1681 Fair Credit Reporting Act

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 In Bonner v. City of Prichard, 661 F.2d 1206, 1209 (11th Cir.1981) (en banc), the

Eleventh Circuit adopted as binding precedent all decisions of the former Fifth Circuit handed

down prior to October 1, 1981.

 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF ALABAMA

NORTHERN DIVISION

BRENT KNUDSON , )

 )

Plaintiff, )

 ) CIVIL ACTION NO. 2:07cv608-WHA

vs. )

 ) (WO)

WACHOVIA BANK; N.A TRANS UNION, )

LLC; EXPERIAN INFORMATION )

SOLUTIONS, INC.; and EQUIFAX )

INFORMATION SERVICES, LLC, )

 )

Defendants. )

ORDER

This cause is before the court on the Plaintiff's Notice of Dismissal as to Wachovia Bank

(Doc. #28), Notice of Dismissal as to Trans Union, LLC (Doc. #29), and Joint Motion to Dismiss

Defendant Equifax Information Services (Doc. #30).

For good cause shown, the Joint Motion to Dismiss Defendant Equifax Information

Services (Doc. #30) is hereby ORDERED GRANTED, and the claims against Defendant

Equifax Information Services are DISMISSED with prejudice.

Because Defendants Wachovia Bank and Trans Union only filed motions to dismiss and

did not file answers or motions for summary judgment in this case, the Plaintiff was authorized

by Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(a) to file notices of voluntary dismissal without prejudice

as to the claims against those Defendants. Carter v. U.S., 547 F.2d 258, 259 (5th Cir. 1977).1

 In

ruling on the motions to dismiss prior to the Plaintiff filing these notices, however, this court

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dismissed with prejudice some claims brought against Trans Union and Wachovia Bank. (Doc.

#27). Therefore, the court clarifies that the Plaintiff's Notices of Dismissal (Doc. #28, 29) do not

apply to any claims previously dismissed with prejudice by this court. See Wilson-Cook

Medical, Inc. v. Wilson, 942 F.2d 247, 252 (4th Cir. 1991) ("Once a court has dismissed a claim

with prejudice, a party cannot, of course, voluntarily dismiss that same claim, without

prejudice."). The Notices of Dismissal apply only to claims which either remained pending

against Trans Union and Wachovia Bank after, or which were dismissed without prejudice by,

this court's Memorandum Opinion and Order on the Motions to Dismiss (Doc. #27).

This case will proceed against the Defendant Experian Information Solutions, Inc.

Done this 28th day of November, 2007.

/s/ W. Harold Albritton 

W. HAROLD ALBRITTON

SENIOR UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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