# Illinois Motion Types | Trellis

> Every motion type Trellis tracks in Illinois Circuit Courts, with a link to each motion's page of outcomes, judge data and example rulings.

Last updated: 2026-10-26

## Discovery Motions

- [Motion for Presuit Discovery](https://trellis.law/il/motion-type/motion-for-presuit-discovery-illinois-1512): Recruiters Network, Inc. v. Duck Bites Holdings, LLC, 2016 Ill.
- [Motion for Protective Order](https://trellis.law/il/motion-type/motion-for-protective-order-illinois-1509): App. 3d 820, 823 citing Kunkel v. Walton (1997) 179 Ill. 2d 519, at 531; see International Truck Engine Corp. v. Caterpillar, Inc. (2004) 351 Ill.
- [Motion for Sanctions—Failure to Comply with Discovery](https://trellis.law/il/motion-type/motion-for-sanctions-failure-to-comply-with-discovery-illinois-1510): App. 3d 1135, 1138 citing 166 Ill. 2d R. 219(c); Shimanovsky v. General Motors Corp. (1998) 181 Ill. 2d 112, 120.)
- [Motion to Compel Depositions](https://trellis.law/il/motion-type/motion-to-compel-depositions-illinois-1505): App. 3d 639, 645 citing Tansey v. Robinson (1960), 24 Ill.
- [Motion to Compel Disclosures of Expert Opinion](https://trellis.law/il/motion-type/motion-to-compel-disclosures-expert-opinion-illinois-1504): App. 3d 645, 651; Ostendorf v. International Harvester Co. (1982) 89 Ill.2d 273, 282 \[quoting Boland v. Kawasaki Motors Manufacturing Corp. (2000) 309 Ill.
- [Motion to Compel Discovery Responses](https://trellis.law/il/motion-type/motion-to-compel-discovery-responses-illinois-1503): In the realm of legal proceedings, a motion to compel discovery holds significant weight.
- [Motion to Compel Further Responses to Interrogatories](https://trellis.law/il/motion-type/motion-to-compel-further-responses-to-interrogatories-illinois-1506): S.Ct. R. 201(b)(1) \[eff.
- [Motion to Compel Production of Documents](https://trellis.law/il/motion-type/motion-to-compel-production-documents-illinois-1508): App. 5th 210254 \[Ill.
- [Motion to Extend Discovery](https://trellis.law/il/motion-type/motion-to-extend-discovery-illinois-1507): App. 2d 190860, 28 \[Ill.
- [Motion to Stay Discovery](https://trellis.law/il/motion-type/motion-to-stay-discovery-illinois-1511): Rule Ill.

## Dispositive Motions

- [Motion for Summary Judgment/Partial Summary Judgment](https://trellis.law/il/motion-type/motion-for-summary-judgment-partial-summary-judgment-illinois-1517): Motion Type: Motion for Summary Judgment/Partial Summary Judgment for Illinois.
- [Motion to Dismiss For Failure to Prosecute](https://trellis.law/il/motion-type/motion-to-dismiss-for-failure-to-prosecute-illinois-1515): App. 2d 173, 182 citing Link v. Wabash R.R. Co. (1962) 370 U.S. 626, 629.)
- [Motion to Dismiss For Failure to State a Claim](https://trellis.law/il/motion-type/motion-to-dismiss-for-failure-to-state-a-claim-illinois-1516): A section 2-615 motion to dismiss \[for failure to state a claim\] challenges the legal sufficiency of a complaint based on defects apparent on its face. (Marshall v. Burger King Corp. (2006) 222 Ill. 2d 422, 429-30 citing 735 ILCS 5/2-615 \[West 2002\]; City of Chicago v. Beretta U.S.A. Corp. (2004) 213 Ill. 2d 351, 364.)
- [Motion to Dismiss For Forum Non Conveniens](https://trellis.law/il/motion-type/motion-to-dismiss-for-forum-non-conveniens-illinois-1513): Dec. 10, 15-16 citing Langenhorst v. Norfolk Southern Ry.
- [Motion to Dismiss For Lack of Personal Jurisdiction](https://trellis.law/il/motion-type/motion-to-dismiss-for-lack-personal-jurisdiction-illinois-1514): Motion Type: Motion to Dismiss For Lack of Personal Jurisdiction for Illinois.

## Pre-trial Motions

- [Motion for Change of Venue](https://trellis.law/il/motion-type/motion-for-change-venue-illinois-1521): App. 3d 157, 167 citing Ill.
- [Motion for Continuance](https://trellis.law/il/motion-type/motion-for-continuance-illinois-1531): App. 3d 92, 94 citing Ill.
- [Motion for Joinder (of Necessary Parties)](https://trellis.law/il/motion-type/motion-for-joinder-necessary-parties-illinois-1520): App. 3d 505, 513-14 \[internal citations omitted\].)
- [Motion for Preliminary Injunction](https://trellis.law/il/motion-type/motion-for-preliminary-injunction-illinois-1530): John Heart Clinic, S.C (2006) 225 Ill. 2d 52, 84 citing Callis, Papa, Jackstadt Halloran, P.C. v. Norfolk Western Ry.
- [Motion for Temporary Restraining Order](https://trellis.law/il/motion-type/motion-for-temporary-restraining-order-illinois-1522): The purpose of a Temporary Restraining Order \[“TRO”\] “is to allow the trial court to preserve the status quo until it can hold a hearing to determine whether it should grant a preliminary injunction.” (Hirschauer v. Chicago Sun-Times (1989) 192 Ill.
- [Motion in Limine to Preclude Evidence or Reference](https://trellis.law/il/motion-type/motion-in-limine-to-preclude-evidence-reference-illinois-1519): App. 3d 726, 736 citing Konieczny v. Kamin Builders, Inc. (1999) 304 Ill.
- [Motion to Amend](https://trellis.law/il/motion-type/motion-to-amend-illinois-1526): App. 3d 317, 322 citing 735 ILCS 5/1-106 (West 1992).)
- [Motion to Bifurcate or Sever Trial](https://trellis.law/il/motion-type/motion-to-bifurcate-civil-trial-illinois-1527): The purpose of section 2-614(b) is to allow claims to be severed when disparate issues would make a joint trial overly complicated. (Cook v. General Electric Co. (1992) 146 Ill. 2d 548, 555 citing Mount v. Dusing (1953) 414 Ill. 361, 367 \[“A motion to sever ... \[requires\] an appraisal of administrative convenience and the possibility of prejudice to substantial rights of the litigants in the light of the particular problems which will arise in the course of the trial.”\])
- [Motion to Consolidate/Join Cases](https://trellis.law/il/motion-type/motion-to-consolidate-join-cases-illinois-1528): Dec. 69, 76 citing 735 ILCS 5/2-1006 \[West 2014\].)
- [Motion to Discharge/Cancel Lis Pendens](https://trellis.law/il/motion-type/motion-to-discharge-cancel-lis-pendens-illinois-1532): App. 3d 1017, 1024.)
- [Motion to Disqualify or Substitute Judge](https://trellis.law/il/motion-type/motion-to-recuse-judge-illinois-1524): App. 3d at 373 (quoting In re Estate of Hoellen (2006) 367 Ill.
- [Motion to Intervene](https://trellis.law/il/motion-type/motion-to-intervene-illinois-1525): App. 151482, 8-9 \[Ill.
- [Motion to Reconsider/Vacate (Summary Judgment)](https://trellis.law/il/motion-type/motion-to-reconsider-vacate-summary-judgment-illinois-1518): App. 150808, 5 \[Ill.
- [Motion to Strike](https://trellis.law/il/motion-type/motion-to-strike-illinois-1523): Dec. 281, 291 citing Janes v. First Federal Savings & Loan Ass'n of Berwyn (1974) 57 Ill.2d 398, 406.)