Judge To Britney Spears: Don't Make A Federal Case Out Of It
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Apparently the move to try and get Brit's conservatorship case moved to Federal Court is, in a word, pwned:
A Federal judge in the Britney conservatorship case has issued a tentative ruling that the move to make a federal case out of it is ridiculous.
Judge Philip Gutierrez set a deadline of February 29 for Britney's so-called lawyer, Jon Eardley, to explain why on Earth the federal court has any business getting involved in Britney's mental affairs.The court said it sure seems the Feds have no jurisdiction to interfere, and unless Eardley can convince the judge to the contrary, the case will go back to State court on Feb 29.
I'm not going to lie...I'm not a lawyer nor am I conversant in lawyerese, and the court papers associated with this case are pretty confusing to me, but even I can understand the first sentence in the introduction to this document:
In a brazen--but vain--attempt to strip a probate court of jurisdiction before it could enter Orders extending the temporary conservatorship of Britney Jean Spears ("Britney"), an attorney without a client has purported to remove the conservatorship proceedings (the "Conservatorship Proceedings") to this Court based upon federal question jurisdiction that does not exist.
I love it. "...brazen but vain..." "...an attorney without a client..." Still waiting to see the Osmarmy bin Loopy connection come out, though. She can't hire an attorney under the terms of the conservatorship, so somebody else did.
I think my work here is done.
PWNED!
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