To illustrate what a motion is, how it is made and responded to, this summary will discuss a motion to dismiss. A motion to dismiss a claim may be asserted at any time before the responsive pleading to that claim is due.This video describes the grounds and general procedures to file a motion to strike a complaint in a Connecticut civil lawsuit. This overview provides lawyers with foundational information on when and how to file a motion to strike. Motion to strike is basically when there's something in the pleading that's false. A "motion to dismiss" is typically filed in response to a complaint and is made in lieu of filing an "answer. The numbered steps listed below tell you what forms you will need to fill out and what to do with them. Txt) or read online for free. Before the Court is the above-entitled cause of action and Plaintiff's Motion to Strike Defendant's Answer (Clerk's Doc. No. 19) filed March 13, 2010.