Minnesota Supreme Court Suspends Lawyer For Anti-Catholic Statements Against Judges

In In re Petition for Disciplinary Action against Rebekah Mariya Nett, (MN Sup. Ct., Nov. 27, 2013), the Minnesota Supreme Court imposed an indefinite suspension from the practice of law with no right to petition for reinstatement for at least 9 months against an attorney who, among other things, made repeated anti-Catholic slurs directed at a federal bankruptcy judge and several bankruptcy trustees in connection with representing a client. (See prior related posting.) The Supreme Court said:

Nett repeatedly made frivolous and harassing personal attacks and discriminatory statements in 11 different pleadings in five distinct matters. She filed those pleadings in six tribunals over the course of 17 months. She also continued to make false statements about members of the judiciary and others after being sanctioned for the same conduct.

Reporting on the court's decision, the St. Paul Pioneer Press says that some of the objectionable statements were in bankruptcy proceedings of entities related to the Dr. R.C. Samanta Ray Institute of Science and Technology, an alleged cult in which attorney Nett was raised.