Britney SpearsBritney Spears‘ estranged friend/advisor/manager Sam Lufti is reportedly connected with a new plot to free her from the control of her dad Jamie Spears.

After the original control order expired yesterday, Jamie and estate lawyer Andrew Wallet’s conservatorship of Britney was extended until at least the 10th March at a hearing in the Los Angeles County Superior Court. Her brother Bryan was also appointed as a co-trustee on Britney’s trust fund, authorising funds “to pay for Britney’s continued security, and to pay for her medicine, food, other day-to-day expenses and for psychiatric and other medical services.”

However Sam and his publicist Michael Sands are said to be working with a lawyer in New York who filed papers to request Britney’s conservatorship and custody cases are the jurisdiction of a federal court.

Lawyer John Eardley drafted the documents which claims Britney has been “stripped of her right to access counsel of her choosing… denied access to her motor vehicles… denied the right to associate freely with her friends [and] denied the right to her finances.”

“The deprivation of her civil liberties by the conservator is so severe as to interfere with the effectiveness of the scheduled medications that are covered by the Food, Drug and Cosmetics Act.”

The document goes on to request the protection of a federal court for Britney as “It is doubtful that Ms Spears can receive equal protection and a fair trial or hearing in the [current] custody proceedings because of the intense media scrutiny of what would normally be private aspects of a person’s life.”

A source told OK magazine that Sam was prompted to ask because he’s “upset .. he can’t see Britney and have her pay him money. If Sam gets paid, then he can pay the lawyer and Sands. It’s all ludicrous.”

“I’d be willing to bet that aside from Sam and Sands grandstanding on the courthouse steps, this is the last we hear about it.”