All Responses to Motions and Answers to Petitions must be filed with the Prothonotary and submitted to the Motion Clerk on or before the Response Date. Note:. Motion to strike, dismiss or amplify.(a) A party deeming a pleading insufficient in form may file with the Commission a motion to strike. Pa. R.C.P.D.J. And now this. You will need one copy of the civil complaint with original signature for the magisterial district judge. A motion to strike is a document that points out the the judge the flaws in your petition. Prepare to show how your petition meets the requirements of the law. It means the person filing the motion asserts that the item to be stricken from the clerk's file is somehow improper. All grounds for relief whether to strike off the judgment or to open it must be asserted in a single petition. There are no Local Rules governing the timing of filing and service of motion, opposition and reply papers in the Western District of Pennsylvania.