The phrase "a request to delay" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when you are formally asking someone to postpone an action or decision.
Example: "I am submitting a request to delay the meeting until next week due to scheduling conflicts."
Alternatives: "a plea for postponement" or "a demand for a deferral."
His answer included a request to delay having children until marriage.
On Monday, Pennsylvania's supreme court rejected a request to delay the preliminary hearing while Cosby pursues a dismissal.
A federal judge in Wichita, Kan., on Tuesday granted a request to delay a civil case involving a dispute over a stock transaction.
A commission spokesman, Walter Ayres, said that Mr. Wells had submitted a request to delay the hearing to the commission rather than to Judge Kopec, as required by law.
Last July, Major Hasan released his civilian lawyer, and his new defense team, from the Army Trial Defense Service, was granted a request to delay the trial to March.
Shortly after the Supreme Court's rulings on Thursday morning, defense lawyers for Mr. Blagojevich filed a request to delay his corruption trial in Chicago until next week in order to sort through the ramifications for his case.
And Congress, which agreed to a White House request to delay a vote on aid to Israel, scheduled a vote calling for solidarity with Israel this week.
Financial markets have been shaken up by renewed fears of a Greek sovereign default after reports that Athens had made a private request to delay a repayment to the International Monetary Fund.
Federal District Judge David Hittner granted a prosecution request to delay a magistrate's order that granted Mr. Stanford a $500,000 bond until his fraud trial.
At a hearing Tuesday, the judge denied a defense request to delay the trial once again until October.
Now, the same day but a new development: The judge granted a defense request to delay the trial's start for two weeks, until Jan . 30
