Fed Judge to Brit -- You're Outta Here!

Posted Feb 26th 2008 7:12PM by TMZ Staff

A federal judge has ruled the Feds have no business in Britney's conservatorship case and it has been sent back to state court.

Federal District Judge Philip Gutierrez ruled Jon Eardley, the attorney who claimed to rep Brit, "had no authority to remove the case from state court."

The judge added, "Mr. Eardley is not Ms. Spears attorney and acted improperly by removing her conservatorship proceeding to federal court."

The court did not award the conservatorship attorneys fees, which means it will cost Brit around $40,000 for what turned out to be a bogus case.

Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Britney Spears

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1. Next stop... Court of Appeals. Then... on to the SUPREME COURT!!

Posted at 7:15PM on Feb 26th 2008 by Nor Cal Reader

2. TOLD YA..........

Posted at 7:16PM on Feb 26th 2008 by Algonquin

3. about damn time....now if we can send lufti back to his familites country.....deport lufti

Posted at 7:17PM on Feb 26th 2008 by hmmm

4. Britney look into the Hemlock Society, tell a friend

Posted at 7:17PM on Feb 26th 2008 by FlBiker

5. so what..it's only more money than I make in a year.

Posted at 7:19PM on Feb 26th 2008 by Carol

6. THANK FREAKIN' GOODNESS!! Sam Lufti was behind hiring Jon Eardley. I'm sure Britney's very bad-influence of a friend - Alli was a part of this too. I have a feeling she may be the liaison between Britney and Sam. In Britney's mental state, I would not be surprised if she has been sendidng messages to Sam via Alli.

Thank goodness Britney has a strong no-nonsense father.

Posted at 7:20PM on Feb 26th 2008 by yay!

7. Well, thank God ! Jon Eardley is the biggest Vulture of all the Lawyers. Is he demented to think he could get this to Federal Court? It blows my mind to think how many depraved, pathetic people are after Britney's money. Incredible !!!!

Posted at 7:21PM on Feb 26th 2008 by Eardley is a Stupid A-Hole

8.

If it were me, I'd be speaking to the California Bar Association about Mr. Eardley and his tactics.

Posted at 7:23PM on Feb 26th 2008 by OCD

9. BRILLIANT DEDUCTION CONCLUDES............SHE (BRIT) WOULD NOT BE OBLIGATED TO PAY.........UNLESS SHE CREATED THIS CASE HERSELF........$40,000, BY ACCOMPLESS, OR CO-CONSPIRATOR....LUTFI....

Posted at 7:23PM on Feb 26th 2008 by Algonquin

10. 1) Lutfi : The camels are waiting ! Get on your caftan and sheet hat and sandals and go bother those Iranian chicks.

2) Eardley : Better go back in the closet and hide. You are gettin' sued for $46,000 !

Posted at 7:23PM on Feb 26th 2008 by Get a New Saddle for your Camel

11. If the Feds said that Jon Eardley was out of line, then they should make him pay the attorneys fees. Doesn't make sense.

Posted at 7:23PM on Feb 26th 2008 by no sense

12. Good, now it's only the unfortunate people of California that have to pay for her ( hint-evict her from your tribe if you can)! She is a cosmic vortex of stupidity unto herself!

Posted at 7:25PM on Feb 26th 2008 by Britch!

13. Does Britney have to pay because she "supposedly hired" this idiot Eardley? If Lutfi is the guy behind the "hiring", shouldn't HE pay the lawyers fees and not Britney? At any rate, I knew it would be thrown out.

Posted at 7:25PM on Feb 26th 2008 by me

14. WTF? That attorney should be held responsible for the 40k in court fees. This Mr. Eardley needs to go away, obviously however he got involved it was only becasue Brit wasn't in her right mind at the time or Lufti hired him.

Posted at 7:28PM on Feb 26th 2008 by oscar

15. No surprise. I think they should have been awarded at least some of the attorneys fees though. The court basically says this is nonsense and Eardley acted inappropriately but then says Brit is stuck with the bill for her lawyers having to answer what was essentially a frivolous motion. Yea, she can afford it but that's not the point.

Posted at 7:30PM on Feb 26th 2008 by Jenny

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