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The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has made the unusual move of asking to file an amicus brief in Britney Spears’ ongoing conservatorship case, arguing that Spears should be allowed to choose her own attorney, and that to not allow her to do so would violate her constitutional rights.

The request to Judge Brenda Perry, filed Monday, named more than two dozen advocacy organizations, including the ACLU Foundation Disability Rights Program, the Disability Rights Legal Center, and Mental Health Advocacy Services, as potential signatories to the request.

“Proposed amici have an interest in ensuring that every person in a conservatorship, or at risk of a conservatorship, enjoys full, meaningful due process rights, in light of the significant liberty and autonomy interests at stake in these proceedings, and the long duration of the loss of rights that often occurs in conservatorships,” the ACLU’s request said.

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RESOURCES

AMICUS BRIEF RE: CONSERVATORSHIP OF THE ESTATE AND PERSON OF BRITNEY SPEARS | ACLU

ADDITIONAL PRESS COVERAGE

ACLU Offers Britney Spears Support Amid Conservatorship Extension | Billboard

ACLU Files Amicus Brief to Support Britney Spears | The Wrap

ACLU Files Court Documents Supporting Britney Spears‘ Right to Appoint Her Own Lawyer | Newsweek

ACLU Calls For Britney Spears To Be Allowed To Pick Her Own Attorney In Conservatorship Case | CBS

Disability Rights Groups Say Britney Should Be Able to Choose New Lawyer | TMZ

ACLU and other rights groups back Britney Spears’ request to choose her own lawyer in conservatorship case | NME

Groups file friend of court brief in support of Britney Spears’ lawyer choice | California News Times

ACLU SoCal, civil rights orgs, ask court to allow Spears to choose attorney ahead of July 14 hearing | KSHB

Britney Spears granted right to hire own lawyer, accuses father of ‘conservatorship abuse’ | NBC

Britney Spears gets her choice of attorney and calls for her father to be charged with conservatorship abuse | CNN

In a Huge Victory, Britney Spears Gets the OK to Pick Her Own Attorney | Los Angeles Magazine

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