Motion for Leave to Amend a Pleading
A request for permission to change a pleading when amendment is no longer allowed as a matter of course.
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Motion to File a Supplemental Pleading
A request to add a pleading that sets out events that happened after the date of the pleading being supplemented.
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Motion to Intervene
A request by a nonparty to join an existing lawsuit.
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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 Dismiss for Lack of Subject-Matter Jurisdiction
A motion arguing the court has no power to hear this type of case.
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Motion to Dismiss for Lack of Personal Jurisdiction
A motion arguing the court has no authority over the defendant.
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Motion to Dismiss for Improper Venue
A motion arguing the case was filed in the wrong district or division.
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Motion to Dismiss for Insufficient Process
A motion challenging a defect in the summons itself.
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Motion to Dismiss for Insufficient Service of Process
A motion challenging the way the summons and complaint were delivered.
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Motion to Dismiss for Failure to State a Claim
A motion arguing that, even if the facts alleged are true, the complaint does not state a claim upon which relief can be granted.