Asks the court to require someone to explain why sanctions, contempt, or urgent relief should not issue.
A request asking the court to order someone to appear or explain why the court should not grant relief, impose sanctions, hold them in contempt, or take another serious step. It is a procedural trigger for urgent or enforcement-related hearings.
Filed when a party needs rapid court attention for noncompliance, emergency relief, contempt, enforcement, discovery violations, or failure to obey a prior order.
The target responds by showing compliance, explaining the conduct, contesting the requested relief, or arguing the issue does not justify expedited or coercive action.
The court may issue the order, set a hearing, deny the request, convert it into ordinary motion practice, or grant relief if the response is inadequate.