210. Briefs shall be typewritten, printed, or otherwise duplicated, and endorsed with the name of the case, the court and number and the name, address, and telephone number of the attorney or the party if not represented by an attorney.
Motion to Dismiss (a) Upon the commencement of any action filed by a pro se plaintiff in the court of common pleas, a defendant may file a motion to dismiss the action on the basis that: (1) The pro se plaintiff is alleging the same or related claims which the pro se plaintiff raised in a prior action against the same ...
In Pennsylvania, defendants are given a timeframe of 10 days to file a motion for reconsideration in the clerk's office of the same court where the case was originally heard. Once a motion is filed, it is sent to all parties involved in a case.
Rule 212.2 - PRE-TRIAL CONFERENCE (a) Pre-trial conferences shall be mandatory in all contested civil actions listed for trial by jury, and shall be held in the chambers of the Judge for the purposes set forth in Pa. R.C.P.
Other than as provided in Phila. Civ. R. 208.3(a) and except for Summary Judgment Motions (which have a thirty (30) day response period, all Motions have a twenty (20) day response period.
Hearings will only be continued for a valid reason. To request a continuance, send a letter to Patricia R. McDermott, Deputy Court Administrator, 34 S. 11th Street, 5th Floor, Philadelphia, PA 19107, with a copy to the other parties at least ten days before the hearing date.
Oral Arguments Any party or the party's attorney shall have the right to argue any motion and the court shall have the right to require oral argument.
Grounds for a motion to strike include the following: The pleading is false; that is, untrue. The pleading is filed without the required leave of court. The form of pleading is in violation of a court order. The pleading is filed late. The pleading is barred by the statute of limitations. The pleading must be verified.
A “motion to dismiss” is typically filed in response to a complaint and is made in lieu of filing an “answer.” Technically, a plaintiff can move to “strike” a defense that a defendant has pled, given that defenses are subject to the same pleading requirements as are the plaintiff's claims.
What happens next? If we filed the motion to strike in a trial court, then we will set the motion to be heard by a judge or magistrate, and be ruled upon. If we filed it in an appeals court, the appeals court will read the motion and offending document and will rule on it without hearing.