A Los Angeles judge has ordered Paris Hilton to appear in court later to determine whether she should be returned to jail.
The celebrity heiress was allowed to leave jail on Thursday, only three days into a 45-day sentence for violating probation on a drink-driving ban.
She was given an electronic tag and ordered to remain under house arrest for the remainder of her sentence.
Her release on unspecified medical grounds sparked widespread criticism.
She is due in court at 0900 (1600 GMT) on Friday, where Judge Michael Sauer, who sentenced her to jail at her trial in early May, will hear the case for her “reassignment” to house arrest.
Jurisdiction row
The office of the Los Angeles City Attorney filed a petition on Thursday demanding LA’s Superior Court to show why Sheriff Lee Baca should not be held in contempt of court for releasing Ms Hilton.
It also demanded that Hilton serve the rest of her sentence in jail.
“The decision whether or not Ms Hilton should be released early and placed on electronic monitoring should be made by Judge [Michael] Sauer, and not the Sheriff’s Department,” Jeffrey Isaacs, Chief of the LA City Attorney’s Criminal Branch, said.
At the time of Hilton’s release, Steve Whitmore, of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said: “After extensive consultation with medical personnel, it was decided this reassignment should be done.”
No details of the medical problem could be given for “privacy reasons”, he said, but insisted she had received no special treatment.
Civil rights leader Rev Al Sharpton condemned the release as showing the “double standards” of the US legal system. “This early release gives all of the appearances of economic and racial favouritism that is constantly cited by poor people and people of colour,” he said. “There are any number of cases of people who handle being incarcerated badly and even have health conditions that are not released.”
But New York civil liberties lawyer E Christopher Murray said house arrest was a more appropriate sentence for a celebrity. “Sentencing Paris to jail for an extended period of time was an example of a celebrity being treated more harshly than an average person,” he said.
