The phrase "a motion requesting" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in legal or formal contexts when referring to a formal proposal or request made to a decision-making body.
Example: "The committee submitted a motion requesting additional funding for the project."
Alternatives: "a proposal seeking" or "a request for".
Mr. Kasi's lawyer in Pakistan has filed a motion requesting a new trial.
At his urging, his lawyer filed a motion requesting DNA testing on the vaginal swabs from the original investigation.
Last year, I filed a motion requesting access to several sealed court items, and it was granted.
The defense filed a motion requesting that Patriarch Kirill I and President Vladimir V. Putin testify in court.
Then, last Friday, District Attorney Mark D. Hurlbert filed a motion requesting that Mr. Bryant, who has yet to be arraigned, enter a plea.
Cliven's lawyers in Nevada filed a motion requesting that he be granted release before the trial begins, arguing that he was not violent during the 2014 confrontation.
After the sentencing, he filed a court motion requesting a full inquest to determine if there was sufficient evidence for further charges.
Gerhartsreiter filed a lengthy motion requesting a new trial, which he asked to read aloud.
Ellis wanted to determine if the documents should be passed on to the defense team, who had filed a discovery motion requesting various Justice Department files related to the case.
My most memorable moment was when pro-se defendant KSM made an oral motion requesting the judge to instruct the guards to provide him with sufficient quantities of paper to enable him to file motions.
On Monday, U.S. Magistrate Judge Edward Atkins denied an ACLU motion requesting Davis, or rather Rowan County, pay $233,058.08 in attorney's fees and costs that the organization incurred during a lawsuit it brought on behalf of four couples.
