At the request of the Seattle SuperSonics, a different judge is being assigned to oversee the lawsuit the city filed against the team this week.

King County Superior Court Judge Glenna Hall was initially assigned to the case, in which the city is trying to keep the Sonics in KeyArena through the end of their lease in 2010. Hall has agreed to the team's request for a different judge.

Sonics' ownership group spokesman Louie Richmond would say only that the team believed a different judge would be better suited to the case.

The Seattle city attorney's office said it did not have a problem with Hall and said the Sonics are just judge-shopping.