A motion to strike asks the court to ban a pleading, like an Answer, from being used. A motion is an application to the court for a specific court order within the confines of an existing case.A motion asserting any of these defenses must be made before pleading if a responsive pleading is allowed. If the parties intend their resolution to permanently resolve their claims . . . Defendants seek to exclude both witnesses, arguing that they were known. On February 1, 2011 Cook filed a Motion To Strike Motion To Dismiss Plaintiff's First Amended Complaint (Second Motion to Strike) (Doc. In the first motion to dismiss). Holding: Granting the FAA's motion to dismiss, with prejudice, claims against individual defendants named in the case and striking their names from the caption. Assigned, the complaint shall be dismissed without prejudice on the defendant's or court's motion. Id. Relief may be pleaded in the alternative.