Seattle Seahawks middle linebacker Lofa Tatupu entered a lawyer's plea of not guilty in his DUI case in Kirkland Municipal Court this morning.

Tatupu's attorney, Jon Fox, said the lawyer's plea allows things to remain status quo while Tatupu keeps his options open. Fox said he continues to have dialogue with the prosecutor's office. Fox said they hope to come to a "positive resolution" of the case.

The whole thing took about five minutes once court actually started. Lofa's case was the first to be heard, creating some grumbling from other defendants in court that the "star football player gets preferential treatment." Personally, I think Fox just knows how to work the system and gets his client processed in a timely fashion.

The judge initially tried to have another hearing scheduled for Aug. 4, but Fox had it moved up to July 7, presumably because Aug. 4 is during the Seahawks' training camp.

Tatupu was charged with DUI on May 10 after registering a 0.155 and a 0.158 on a breathalyzer test. He had not spoken to the media since the arrest.

Tatupu did not speak to four reporters at this morning's arraignment, and only spoke to the judge to clarify his first name (Mosiula). Fox spoke to us just to clarify what the lawyer's plea was, and Tatupu was trailed out to his car by a local television cameraman. Otherwise, that was really it.