A motion to strike is a request to a judge that part of a party's pleading or a piece of evidence be removed from the record. A motion to strike is commonly used during discovry as a means of excluding evidence such as affidavits, documents, and testimony.(2) The party may file in the Court of Criminal. Appeals a motion to supplement the record in the trial court. Before the court is Plaintiff's Motion to Strike the New Argument and New Evidence in. It means the person filing the motion asserts that the item to be stricken from the clerk's file is somehow improper. The Instructions for Completing the Orders – currently under the Temporary Ex Parte Order form – apply to all orders, including the MOEP. Alternatively, Defendants moved to strike Plaintiffs' Fourth Amended Complaint ("Motion to Strike Unauthorized Pleadings and. As the Plaintiffs pointed out in their objection to the New Report Motion, since the. The court should state on the record the reasons for granting or denying the motion.