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.
Celebrity Justice2/26/2008 9:12 PM PST BY TMZ STAFF
Fed Judge to Brit -- You're Outta Here!
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Next stop... Court of Appeals. Then... on to the SUPREME COURT!!
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about damn time....now if we can send lufti back to his familites country.....deport lufti
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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.
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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 !!!!
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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.
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If it were me, I'd be speaking to the California Bar Association about Mr. Eardley and his tactics.
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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....
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If the Feds said that Jon Eardley was out of line, then they should make him pay the attorneys fees. Doesn't make sense.
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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 !
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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!
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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.
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They should have made that jerk pay. Then he would think twice about pulling ridiculous crap like this
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