Motion for Sanctions under Rule 11
A motion asking the court to sanction a party or attorney for a filing that violates Rule 11(b).
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Motion for Discovery Sanctions
A request for sanctions when a party fails to obey a discovery order or fails to attend its own deposition or respond to discovery.
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Motion to Compel Discovery
A request that the court order a party to make disclosures or respond to discovery.
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Motion to Intervene
A request by a nonparty to join an existing lawsuit.
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Interpleader
A procedure that lets a party facing competing claims to the same money or property bring all the claimants into one case.
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Motion for Class Certification
A request to have a case proceed on behalf of a class of similarly situated people.
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Motion to Substitute a Party
A request to replace a party — for example after a party dies, becomes incompetent, or an interest is transferred.
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Notice of Removal
The filing a defendant uses to move a case from state court to federal court when the federal court would have had original jurisdiction.
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Motion to Transfer Venue
A request to move a case to another federal district or division.
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Motion to Compel Arbitration and Stay Proceedings
A request to send a dispute to arbitration under a written arbitration agreement, and to pause the court case.