Disciplinary Office Seeks Suspension of Lawyer For Anti-Catholic Statements In Court Filings

As reported by the St. Paul Pioneer Press and by MinnLawyer Blog, the Minnesota Office of Lawyers Professional Responsibility on Wednesday filed with the Minnesota Supreme Court a petition seeking suspension from practice of attorney Rebekah Nett.  The petition alleges a pattern of bad faith litigation and reckless and harassing statements.  Among the statements at issue are a number of anti-Catholic slurs directed at the federal bankruptcy court judge and several federal bankruptcy trustees. This excerpt from the 26-page petition to the state Supreme Court gives a flavor of the statements involved:

Respondent's statements ... that Judge Dreher is a Catholic judge, that Judge Dreher is a black robed bigot, that the Chapter 7 trustee had engaged in lies, deceit, treachery, and connivery... , that the fact that [3 U.S. trustees and the judge] ... are of the same race and religion demonstrates their conspiracy and deceitful practices to hurt the debtor, that ... court systems... are composed of a bunch of ignoramus, bigoted Catholic beasts that carry the sword of the church ... lacked a basis in law or fact and were made with knowledge of their falsity or with reckless disregard at to their truth or falsity.

(See prior related posting.)