If the Justice finds them satisfactory, he or she will sign them, fill in the return date and specify when and how the papers are to be served. A motion to strike asks the court to ban a pleading, like an Answer, from being used.First, a motion is simply a request to the court that is put into writing. A party may move to strike any scandalous or prejudicial matter unnecessarily inserted in a pleading. (c) Time limits; pleading after disposition. The defendant appeared, filed an answer to the complaint, and registered with the New York State Courts Electronic Filing System (NYSCEF) in December 2020. A motion to strike is filed to contest or question the legal sufficiency of any one or more of the allegations or causes of action. This video describes the grounds and general procedures to file a motion to strike a complaint in a Connecticut civil lawsuit. Improper new arguments if those arguments should have been raised in the opening brief. If no responsive pleading is permitted, a motion to strike must be made within 21 days after being served with the pleading.