This is pretty clearly interference from the judge. The guy who ran the bankruptcy auction has a ton of experience with this stuff and there is no reason to think he wasn’t impartial or that he didn’t get the best price for everything. Jones’ lawyers are just kicking the can down the road and delaying for as long as they can.
My experience mirrors yours until high school, which is when we were allowed to just stand up and walk out when we needed to. Kids who abused the privilege were dealt with on a case by case basis.