# Nevada Motion Types | Trellis

> Every motion type Trellis tracks in Nevada District 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 Protective Order](https://trellis.law/nv/motion-type/motion-for-protective-order-nevada-1629): If that showing is made, the court may nonetheless order discovery from such sources if the requesting party shows good cause, considering the limitations of Rule 26(b)(2)(C).
- [Motion for Sanctions for Failure to Comply with Discovery](https://trellis.law/nv/motion-type/motion-for-sanctions-for-failure-to-comply-with-discovery-nevada-1630): Motion Type: Motion for Sanctions for Failure to Comply with Discovery for Nevada.
- [Motion to Compel Depositions](https://trellis.law/nv/motion-type/motion-to-compel-depositions-nevada-1625): Motion Type: Motion to Compel Depositions for Nevada.
- [Motion to Compel Disclosures of Expert Opinion](https://trellis.law/nv/motion-type/motion-to-compel-disclosures-expert-opinion-nevada-1624): Nev.
- [Motion to Compel Discovery Responses](https://trellis.law/nv/motion-type/motion-to-compel-discovery-responses-nevada-1623): Motion Type: Motion to Compel Discovery Responses for Nevada.
- [Motion to Compel Further Responses to Interrogatories](https://trellis.law/nv/motion-type/motion-to-compel-further-responses-to-interrogatories-nevada-1626): Motion Type: Motion to Compel Further Responses to Interrogatories for Nevada.
- [Motion to Compel Production of Documents](https://trellis.law/nv/motion-type/motion-to-compel-production-documents-nevada-1628): Motion Type: Motion to Compel Production of Documents for Nevada.
- [Motion to Extend Discovery](https://trellis.law/nv/motion-type/motion-to-extend-discovery-nevada-1627): App. June 23, 2020\].)
- [Motion to Stay Discovery](https://trellis.law/nv/motion-type/motion-to-stay-discovery-nevada-1631): Motion Type: Motion to Stay Discovery for Nevada.

## Dispositive Motions

- [Motion for Summary Judgment/Partial Summary Judgment](https://trellis.law/nv/motion-type/motion-for-summary-judgment-partial-summary-judgment-nevada-1637): Motion Type: Motion for Summary Judgment/Partial Summary Judgment for Nevada.
- [Motion to Dismiss For Failure to Prosecute](https://trellis.law/nv/motion-type/motion-to-dismiss-for-failure-to-prosecute-nevada-1635): Motion Type: Motion to Dismiss For Failure to Prosecute for Nevada.
- [Motion to Dismiss For Failure to State a Claim](https://trellis.law/nv/motion-type/motion-to-dismiss-for-failure-to-state-a-claim-nevada-1636): Homeowners' Ass'n, Inc. v. Stewart Venture, LLC (2013) 300 P.3d 124, 128 citing Cohen v. Mirage Resorts, Inc. (2013) 119 Nev. 1, 22, 62 P.3d 720, 734.)
- [Motion to Dismiss For Forum Non Conveniens](https://trellis.law/nv/motion-type/motion-to-dismiss-for-forum-non-conveniens-nevada-1633): Co. (2013) 305 P.3d 881, 884-85 citing Cariaga v. Eighth Judicial Dist. Court (1988) 104 Nev. 544, 547.)
- [Motion to Dismiss For Lack of Personal Jurisdiction](https://trellis.law/nv/motion-type/motion-to-dismiss-for-lack-personal-jurisdiction-nevada-1634): Motion Type: Motion to Dismiss For Lack of Personal Jurisdiction for Nevada.

## Pre-trial Motions

- [Motion for Change of Venue](https://trellis.law/nv/motion-type/motion-for-change-venue-nevada-1641): Motion Type: Motion for Change of Venue for Nevada.
- [Motion for Continuance](https://trellis.law/nv/motion-type/motion-for-continuance-nevada-1651): Nev.
- [Motion for Preliminary Injunction](https://trellis.law/nv/motion-type/motion-for-preliminary-injunction-nevada-1650): Aug. 20, 2015\] quoting No. One Rent-A-Car v. Ramada Inns, Inc. (1978) 94 Nev. 779, 780-81; Winter v. Nat.
- [Motion for Temporary Restraining Order](https://trellis.law/nv/motion-type/motion-for-temporary-restraining-order-nevada-1642): NRCP Rule 65 governs termporary restraing orders and injunctions.
- [Motion in Limine to Preclude Evidence or Reference](https://trellis.law/nv/motion-type/motion-in-limine-to-preclude-evidence-reference-nevada-1639): (Nev.
- [Motion to Amend](https://trellis.law/nv/motion-type/motion-to-amend-nevada-1646): Motion Type: Motion to Amend for Nevada.
- [Motion to Bifurcate Civil Trial](https://trellis.law/nv/motion-type/motion-to-bifurcate-civil-trial-nevada-1647): Under NRCP Rule 42(b), “Nevada \[trial\] courts have discretion to bifurcate equitable and legal issues raised in a single action, conduct a bench trial on the equitable issues, and dispose of the remaining legal and equitable issues in the action.” (Park W. Cos. v. Amazon Constr.
- [Motion to Consolidate](https://trellis.law/nv/motion-type/motion-to-consolidate-nevada-1648): Under FRCP 42(a), which is identical to NRCP 42(a), federal district courts enjoy broad, but not unfettered, discretion in ordering consolidation.
- [Motion to Discharge/Cancel Lis Pendens](https://trellis.law/nv/motion-type/motion-to-discharge-cancel-lis-pendens-nevada-1652): Motion Type: Motion to Discharge/Cancel Lis Pendens for Nevada.
- [Motion to Intervene](https://trellis.law/nv/motion-type/motion-to-intervene-nevada-1645): Motion Type: Motion to Intervene for Nevada.
- [Motion to Reconsider/Vacate Summary Judgment](https://trellis.law/nv/motion-type/motion-to-reconsider-vacate-summary-judgment-nevada-1638): Nov. 3, 2020\] citing Moore v. City of Las Vegas (1976) 92 Nev. 402, 405.)
- [Motion to Recuse Judge](https://trellis.law/nv/motion-type/motion-to-recuse-judge-nevada-1644): In Nevada, “a judge has a general duty to sit, unless a judicial canon, statute, or rule requires the judge's disqualification.” (Millen v. Dist. Ct. (2006) 122 Nev. 1245, 1253.)
- [Motion to Recuse or Disqualify Counsel](https://trellis.law/nv/motion-type/motion-to-transfer-nevada-1649): Thus, for a potentially disqualifying conflict to exist, the party seeking disqualification must establish three elements:.
- [Motion to Strike](https://trellis.law/nv/motion-type/motion-to-strike-nevada-1643): The purpose of a motion to strike is “to avoid the expenditure of time and money that must arise from litigating spurious issues by dispensing with those issues prior to trial.” (Mehta v. Nutribullet, LLC, 2:20-cv-01550-APG-DJA, at \*1 \[D. Nev.