{"id":"court_ctb_1566_0","court":"CTB","case_no":"22-50073","doc_number":1566,"sub_number":0,"doc_type":"ORDER","filed_date":null,"title":"UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT BRIDGEPORT DIVISION HO WAN KWOK, *et al.* : Case No. 22-50073 (JA","summary_zh":null,"summary_en":null,"body_en":"# **UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT BRIDGEPORT DIVISION**\n\nHO WAN KWOK, *et al.* : Case No. 22-50073 (JAM)\n\nIn re : Chapter 11\n\n Debtors.[1](#page-0-0) : \\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_:\n\n\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_ :\n\n:\n\n:\n\n## **MOTION TO EXPEDITE HEARING ON INDIVIDUAL DEBTOR'S MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME TO RESPOND TO ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE**\n\nThe individual debtor, Ho Wan Kwok (the \"Individual Debtor\"), for his motion (the \"Motion\") to expedite a hearing on the Individual Debtor's Motion for Extension of Time to Respond to Order to Show Cause (the \"Motion for Extension of Time\"), respectfully states:\n\n1. On March 7, 2023, this Court ordered the Debtor to respond to the Chapter 11 Trustee's (the \"Trustee\") Motion for Order to Show Cause Why Debtor, Mei Guo, and HK (USA) Should not be Held in Contempt of Court for Failure to Comply with Order Compelling Compliance with Rule 2004 Subpoenas and Sanctioned for Such Conduct (the \"Order to Show Cause\" (Doc. No. 1453) by March 28, 2023.\n\n2. The Order to Show Cause challenges the Individual Debtor's invocation of his Fifth Amendment privilege in response to the Order Granting In Part Motion to Compel Compliance with Rule 2004 Subpoenas (the \"Motion to Compel Order\") Doc. No. 1353), and seeks to hold the Individual Debtor in contempt.\n\n<span id=\"page-0-0\"></span><sup>1</sup> The Debtors in these jointly administered chapter 11 cases are Ho Wan Kwok (also known as Guo Wengui, Miles Guo, and Miles Kwok) (last four digits of tax identification number: 9595), Genever Holdings LLC (last four digits of tax identification number: 8202) and Genever Holdings Corporation.\n\n3. On the morning of March 15, 2023, less than six weeks after the Individual Debtor invoked his Fifth Amendment privilege in response to the Motion to Compel Order, a twelve count indictment was unsealed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York charging the Individual Debtor and Kin Ming Je, a/k/a \"William Je\" with various federal crimes. The Individual Debtor was arrested by federal law enforcement authorities on March 15, 2023, and remains in federal custody; the Department of Justice has filed a lengthy memorandum arguing that the Individual Debtor should be denied bail and detained pending trial. *See USA v. Kwok*, 1:23cr118 (Doc. No. 7).\n\n4. The Individual Debtor is currently being held at MDC Brooklyn. The Individual Debtor's bankruptcy counsel have not communicated with him directly since his arrest, and understand that his present focus and priority is on retaining criminal counsel and obtaining release on bail—as of March 20, 2023, the criminal case docket, *USA v. Kwok*, 1:23cr118, indicates that the Individual Debtor is represented by a public defender\n\n5. On March 17, 2023, the Trustee filed his Emergency Request for Status Conference, (Doc. No. 1559), asking the Court to schedule a status conference as soon as practicable during the week of March 20, 2023, to discuss various matters related to the Individual Debtor's case in light of his indictment and arrest. By order dated March 20, 2023, this Court scheduled a status conference (the \"Status Conference\") for the afternoon of March 21, 2023.\n\n6. The Court has scheduled various matters to be addressed during the Status Conference, including motions for extension of time to plead in Adv. Pro. No. 23-05002 which are also premised upon the indictment and arrest of the Individual Debtor. By this Motion to Expedite, the Individual Debtor seeks to have his Motion for Extension of Time addressed during the Status Conference.\n\n2\n\n7. The Individual Debtor thus requests that the Court set a hearing for the Motion for Extension of Time for Tuesday, March 21, 2023, at 2:30 p.m. The Individual Debtor further requests that the Court direct that notice of the Individual Debtor's Motion for Extension of Time and this Court's order granting this Motion be served on all parties-in-interest appearing in the Individual Debtor's Chapter 11 case qualified to receive electronic notice via the Court's CM/ECF system, as well as the Committee, the Trustee, and the United States Trustee.\n\nWHEREFORE, the Individual Debtor requests that the Court issue an Order, substantially in the form attached hereto, setting a hearing on the Motion for Extension of Time for March 21, 2023, as part of the presently scheduled Status Conference, and ordering notice of such hearing as set forth in the attached Order.\n\nDated at Bridgeport, Connecticut on this 20th day of March, 2023.\n\n## **THE INDIVIDUAL DEBTOR, HO WAN KWOK**\n\n*/s/ James M. Moriarty* James M. Moriarty (ct21876) Zeisler & Zeisler, P.C. 10 Middle Street, 15th Floor Bridgeport, Connecticut 06604 Telephone: (203) 368-4234 Facsimile: (203) 368-5485 Email: [Jmoriarty@zeislaw.com](mailto:Jmoriarty@zeislaw.com)\n\n# **UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT BRIDGEPORT DIVISION**\n\n : Debtors. : \\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_:\n\n\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_ :\n\n:\n\nIn re : Chapter 11\n\nHO WAN KWOK, *et al.* : Case No. 22-50073 (JAM)\n\n#### **ORDER SCHEDULING EXPEDITED HEARING**\n\nThe Court having considered the Motion to expedite a hearing on the Individual Debtor's Motion to Extend Time to Respond to Order to Show Cause (the \"Motion for Extension of Time\"); and good cause appearing, it is hereby\n\nORDERED, that a hearing on the Motion for Extension of Time shall be held on March 21, 2023, at 2:30 p.m. at the United States Bankruptcy Court, District of Connecticut, Bridgeport Division, 915 Lafayette Boulevard, Room 123, Bridgeport, CT 06604 (the \"Hearing\"); and it is further\n\nORDERED, that a copy of this Order, along with the Motion for Extension of Time and any attachments thereto, shall be served upon all parties to the Individual Debtor's chapter 11 case qualified to receive electronic notice via the Court's CM/ECF system, as well as the Committee, the Trustee, and the United States Trustee, on or before 12:00 p.m. on March 21, 2023, and the Individual Debtor shall file a certificate of service in advance of the Hearing.\n\n#### **CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE**\n\nI hereby certify that on this 20th day of March, 2023, a copy of foregoing was filed electronically. Notice of this filing will be sent by e-mail to all parties by operation of the Court's electronic filing system or by mail to anyone unable to accept electronic filing as indicated on the Notice of Electronic Filing. Parties may access this filing through the Court's CM/ECF System.\n\n> */s/ James M. Moriarty* James M. Moriarty (ct21876) Zeisler & Zeisler, P.C. 10 Middle Street, 15th Floor Bridgeport, Connecticut 06604 Telephone: (203) 368-4234 Facsimile: (203) 368-5485 Email: [Jmoriarty@zeislaw.com](mailto:Jmoriarty@zeislaw.com)","body_zh":"United States Bankruptcy Court District of Connecticut Bridgeport Division（美国康涅狄格区联邦破产法院布里奇波特分院）\n\nHo Wan Kwok（郭文贵）等 : 案号 22-50073 (JAM)\n\n关于 : 第 11 章\n\n 债务人。[1] : _________________________________________:\n\n_________________________________________ :\n\n:\n\n:\n关于加快审理个人债务人请求延长对说明理由令答复期限动议的动议\n\n个人债务人 Ho Wan Kwok（郭文贵）（下称“个人债务人”），就其请求加快审理个人债务人请求延长对说明理由令答复期限的动议（下称“延长期限动议”）的动议（下称“本动议”），恭敬声明如下：\n\n1. 2023年3月7日，本法院裁定债务人须在 2023年3月28日 之前答复第 11 章受托人（下称“受托人”）提交的《关于要求债务人、Mei Guo 及 HK (USA) 说明为何不应因未能遵守强制执行 Rule 2004 传票之命令而被认定为藐视法庭并为此受到制裁的说明理由令动议》（下称“说明理由令”）（Doc. No. 1453）。\n\n2. 说明理由令对个人债务人针对《部分准许强制执行 Rule 2004 传票动议之命令》（下称“强制执行令”）（Doc. No. 1353）而援引其第五修正案特权提出质疑，并请求判定个人债务人构成藐视法庭。\n\n1 在这些合并审理的第 11 章案件中，债务人为 Ho Wan Kwok（郭文贵，又名 Miles Guo、Miles Kwok）（纳税人识别号后四位：9595）、Genever Holdings LLC（纳税人识别号后四位：8202）以及 Genever Holdings Corporation。\n\n3. 2023年3月15日 上午，即个人债务人针对强制执行令援引其第五修正案特权后不到六周，一份十二项罪名的起诉书在 United States District Court for the Southern District of New York（美国纽约南区联邦地区法院）解封，指控个人债务人与 Kin Ming Je（又名“William Je”）犯有多项联邦罪行。个人债务人于 2023年3月15日 被联邦执法机构逮捕，目前仍处于联邦羁押之中；美国司法部已提交了一份长篇备忘录，主张应拒绝个人债务人的保释请求并在审判前予以羁押。参见 USA v. Kwok，1:23cr118（Doc. No. 7）。\n\n4. 个人债务人目前被羁押于 MDC Brooklyn（布鲁克林大都会拘留中心）。个人债务人的破产律师自其被捕后尚未与其进行直接沟通，并获悉他目前的重心和首要事项是聘请刑事辩护律师并争取获得保释——截至 2023年3月20日，刑事案件卷宗 USA v. Kwok，1:23cr118 显示个人债务人由公设辩护人代表。\n\n5. 2023年3月17日，受托人提交了《关于举行案件进展会议的紧急请求》（Doc. No. 1559），请求法院在 2023年3月20日 当周尽早安排一次案件进展会议，以讨论鉴于个人债务人被起诉和被捕而涉及其案件的各项事宜。根据日期为 2023年3月20日 的命令，本法院已安排于 2023年3月21日 下午举行案件进展会议（下称“进展会议”）。\n\n6. 法院已安排在进展会议期间处理各项事宜，包括在 Adv. Pro. No. 23-05002 中请求延长答辩期限的动议，这些动议同样是基于个人债务人被起诉和被捕的事实。通过本加快审理动议，个人债务人请求将其延长期限动议安排在进展会议期间一并审理。\n\n7. 因此，个人债务人请求法院将延长期限动议的听证会定于 2023年3月21日（星期二）下午2:30 举行。个人债务人进一步请求法院指示，将个人债务人的延长期限动议以及本法院准许本动议的裁定送达至在个人债务人第 11 章案件中出庭且有资格通过法院 CM/ECF 系统接收电子通知的所有利害关系方，以及债权人委员会、受托人和美国受托人（United States Trustee）。\n\n为此，个人债务人请求法院签发一项格式大体如本件附件所示的裁定，将延长期限动议的听证会安排在 2023年3月21日 作为目前已排定的进展会议的一部分举行，并按下附裁定中所列要求下达该听证会的送达通知命令。\n\n日期：2023年3月20日 于康涅狄格州布里奇波特。\n个人债务人，HO WAN KWOK\n\n/s/ James M. Moriarty James M. Moriarty (ct21876) Zeisler & Zeisler, P.C. 10 Middle Street, 15th Floor Bridgeport, Connecticut 06604 Telephone: (203) 368-4234 Facsimile: (203) 368-5485 Email: [Jmoriarty@zeislaw.com]\n\nUnited States Bankruptcy Court District of Connecticut Bridgeport Division（美国康涅狄格区联邦破产法院布里奇波特分院）\n\n : 债务人。 : _________________________________________:\n\n_________________________________________ :\n\n:\n\n关于 : 第 11 章\n\nHo Wan Kwok 等 : 案号 22-50073 (JAM)\n\n关于排定加快听证程序的裁定\n\n经法院审议关于加快审理个人债务人请求延长对说明理由令答复期限动议（下称“延长期限动议”）的动议；且理由充分，特此\n\n裁定：延长期限动议的听证会将于 2023年3月21日 下午2:30 在 United States Bankruptcy Court, District of Connecticut, Bridgeport Division, 915 Lafayette Boulevard, Room 123, Bridgeport, CT 06604 举行（下称“听证会”）；并进一步\n\n裁定：本裁定的副本以及延长期限动议及其任何附件，应在 2023年3月21日 中午12:00 或之前送达至个人债务人第 11 章案件中所有有资格通过法院 CM/ECF 系统接收电子通知的各方，以及债权人委员会、受托人和美国受托人，且个人债务人应在听证会前提交送达证明书。\n\n送达证明书\n\n本人特此证明，于 2023年3月20日，上述文书之副本已通过电子方式提交。本案提交通知将通过法院电子提交系统的运行以电子邮件形式发送给各方当事人，或按照电子提交通知所示通过邮寄方式发送给无法接收电子提交的任何人。各方当事人可通过法院的 CM/ECF 系统查阅本次提交的文件。\n\n/s/ James M. Moriarty James M. Moriarty (ct21876) Zeisler & Zeisler, P.C. 10 Middle Street, 15th Floor Bridgeport, Connecticut 06604 Telephone: (203) 368-4234 Facsimile: (203) 368-5485 Email: [Jmoriarty@zeislaw.com]","key_entities":["Kwok","Ho Wan Kwok","Guo","Je","Miles Guo","Kin Ming Je","William Je"],"ecf_references":[],"word_count":1061,"status":"published","published_at":null,"created_at":null,"updated_at":"2026-08-23 12:43:39"}