sheendenied230.jpg A Santa Monica judge has denied Charlie Sheen's requests to stop private arbitration between Warner Bros. and Two and a Half Men producer Chuck Lorre over Sheen's termination from the show.

Prior to Sheen suing the studio and Lorre for $100 million, Warner Bros. initiated an arbitration proceeding against the star with JAMS, a private dispute resolution company. However, Sheen made it clear that he wants to press his claims in a public court, so his attorney filed an emergency temporary restraining order this morning asking for an injunction preventing JAMS from moving forward with the case.

After reading the court papers filed by the attorneys, the judge denied the injunction, as this is a matter that must be taken up by Judge Allan Goodman, who is presiding over the $100 million lawsuit. Lorre's attorney Howard Weitzman tells THR the court's ruling "was not a surprise. The judge found no 'emergency' existed and ordered Mr. Sheen's attorneys to follow normal procedure in their attemps to halt the arbitration of this dispute."

Sheen's attorney Marty Singer tells THR he will be back in court tomorrow morning to ask Goodman for an injunction. "She denied the motion not on the merits but on a procedural issue," Singer says. "We will be back tomorrow, and we are confident in our position."