Dismissal without prejudice has also been possible after the trial court has issued orders on preliminary matters. 4. The completed original Notice of Motion and Motion and Affidavit of Service must be filed with the Court.Courts to consider motions to deny a plaintiff the right to dismiss without prejudice. In this type of motion, the moving party argues that even if everything stated in the complaint is true, the moving party still did not violate the law. A motion to strike is sort of like a scalpel to cut out inappropriate parts of a lawsuit. There might not be a proper basis for punitive damages. It means the person filing the motion asserts that the item to be stricken from the clerk's file is somehow improper. Has been presented in the Record -- we recommend that the dismissal be without prejudice. If these claims are not pled with enough detail, the defendant can make a motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim. Hartmann did not respond to the MDA's motion but instead moved for voluntary dismissal of his counterclaims without prejudice under Minn.