An LA court commissioner has transferred an upcoming hearing regarding the restraining order against Britney Spears' friend and self appointed manager Osama 'Sam' Lutfi to a Superior Court judge.
As previously reported, Lutfi recently issued a request to the court saying that if Spears' family wanted to renew the restraining order against him, which was originally put in place following Spears' high profile mental breakdown earlier this year, and after the family accused Lutfi of having a role in causing that breakdown, then he wanted the matter to be considered properly in court rather than by court commissioner Reva Goetz, who has ruled on the restraining order to date. Legally speaking Lutfi is not obliged to abide by orders put in place by a court commissioner, and the recent submission made by his legal people said: "Please take notice that Osama 'Sam' Lutfi will not stipulate to the above-referenced case being heard by Reva Goetz, commissioner presiding, to whom the above-entitled case has been assigned".
Responding to that submission this week, Goetz announced he was transferring the case to Supervisory Judge Aviva K Bobb. A hearing on the restraining order is expected for later this month.