A federal bankruptcy judge in Minnesota wants to know why she shouldn't fine a debtor and counsel up to $10,000 each for calling her, among other things, "a Catholic Knight Witch Hunter."

This name-calling came in a motion to vacate, of all things, a continuance order by U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Nancy Dreher. Attorney Rebekah Nett and her client Naomi Isaacson, a Minneapolis woman who is president of Yehud-Monosson USA, which owned gas stations and convenience stores, also targeted another bankruptcy judge, the bankruptcy trustee...