In general, you must serve the other party, or their lawyer and file a copy of your motion with the court clerk. This HowTo Guide addresses the steps for filing and serving motions in general civil cases in Santa Clara Superior Court.Use an RFO form FL300 and under other titled it "Motion to Strike Petition". Any case for which all parties do not consent will be reassigned to a District Judge in the San Francisco, Oakland, or San Jose division. Cases will be assigned to the Complex. You may file your own Motion with the Court to obtain a Record Clearance Court hearing date. A party may amend its pleading once without leave of the court at any time before the answer, demurrer, or motion to strike is filed. PAUL VELIZ, et al.,. In support of its ex parte application to stay paragraph 9 of the. Judgment in the Trial Court, Petitioner offered the declaration of Jeffrey.