For example, a motion to preclude asks the court to ban the testimony or evidence from being used in the case. The motion must be made before filing a responsive pleading and must point out the defects complained of and the details desired.At the request of the Committee on Rules and Practice of the Judicial Conference of the. However, even as a motion to strike or an objection to the request to take judicial notice, plaintiff's motion still fails. 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. THIS MATTER is before the Court on Plaintiff's appeal of a magistrate's discovery ruling (Doc. Appropriate course of action would have been to file a motion to strike, as Defendants are now doing. To Strike Et Al, Motion to Dismiss for Promissory Estoppel, Breach of Contract, Unclean Hands,. (e) Motions to Strike. A Practice Note discussing motions to strike material from a pleading under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure (FRCP) 12(f).