Bringing a motion by notice usually gives the other side weeks to respond and sets no real deadline for the court to make a decision. If the movant cannot wait weeks, she may submit an order to show cause, asking the court to set tight deadlines for a response and to make a decision.
Submitting the Order to Show Cause (OSC) Papers to the Court G Go to the Ex Parte Office, 60 Centre Street, Room 315, 3rd floor. Give the Clerk the original OSC papers (and original RJI and one copy, if the case is not assigned to a Judge).
First, a motion is simply a request to the court that is put into writing. A motion to strike means that we are asking the court to throw out the answer that was submitted by the defense lawyer.
An order to show cause against a state body or officers must be served in addition to service upon the defendant or respondent state body or officers upon the attorney general by delivery to an assistant attorney general at an office of the attorney general in the county in which venue of the action is designated or if ...
A motion to strike is a legal request made to a court to remove certain parts of the opposing party's pleadings. This can include irrelevant, redundant, or legally insufficient material from a complaint, answer, or other legal documents.
Within 20 days after service of a note of issue and certificate of readiness, any party to the action may move to strike the note of issue, upon affidavit showing in what respects the action is not ready for trial, and the court may strike the note of issue if it appears that a material fact in the certificate of ...
A party may move to strike any scandalous or prejudicial matter unnecessarily inserted in a pleading. (c) Time limits; pleading after disposition. A notice of motion under this rule shall be served within twenty days after service of the challenged pleading.
A motion to dismiss asks the court to dismiss either whole or part of a complaint, counterclaim, or crossclaim. Motion to strike or "Demurrer": In some jurisdictions, a motion to strike or a "demurrer" is the equivalent to a motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted.
CPLR 3024(b) provides that a party may move to strike scandalous or prejudicial matter unnecessarily inserted in a pleading, and 3024(c) states that notice of such a motion "shall be served within twenty days after service of the challenged pleading." Notwithstanding the mandatory language of this section,63 the ...