{"id":"court_ctb_1602_0","court":"CTB","case_no":"22-50073","doc_number":1602,"sub_number":0,"doc_type":"ORDER","filed_date":"2023-03-27","title":"UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT TRANSMITTAL FORM TO DISTRICT COURT REGARDING APPEALS AND RELATED","summary_zh":"转交地方法院上诉及相关文件表格 —— Ho Wan Kwok 破产案（郭文贵 / Guo Wengui / Miles Guo），CTB 22-50073 ECF #1602（2023-03-27立案）。破产法院书记官向联邦地方法院转交由郭美、HK USA、Lee Vartan 律师及 CSG 律所提起的上诉通知（ECF #1595）及相关记录，对破产法院此前作出的藐视法庭及制裁裁定（ECF #1537）提出上诉。","summary_en":"Transmittal Form to District Court Regarding Appeals —— In re Ho Wan Kwok (Miles Guo / Guo Wengui), CTB 22-50073 ECF #1602 (Filed 2023-03-27). The Bankruptcy Court clerk transmitted notice of appeal (ECF #1595) and related documents filed by Mei Guo, HK USA, Lee Vartan, and Chiesa Shahinian & Giantomasi PC to the U.S. District Court, appealing the bankruptcy court order holding them in contempt and imposing sanctions (ECF #1537).","body_en":"## **UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT**\n\n### **TRANSMITTAL FORM TO DISTRICT COURT REGARDING APPEALS AND RELATED DOCUMENTS**\n\nDebtor(s) Name: Ho Wan Kwok, et al (Jointly Administered)\n\n| Case No. | 22-50073 |\n|----------|----------|\n|          |          |\n\nAdversary Proceeding Name:\n\nAdversary Proceeding Number:\n\nPrevious Civil Number:\n\nPrevious Miscellaneous Number:\n\n#### **To the District Court: Attached please find the following checked items:**\n\n1. Motion for Leave to Appeal (only)\n\n| If indicated below, the Notice of Appeal is attached: |\n|-------------------------------------------------------|\n| Notice of Appeal attached                             |\n\n- 2. Notice of Appeal (only) ECF No.: x 1595\n- 3. Related documents as indicated below:\n\t- Designation of items designated by the Appellant\n\t- Designation of items designated by the Appellee\n\t- Cross Appeal\n\t- Amended Appeal\n\t- Original Court Exhibits, via mail or hand delivery (indicate how many)\n\t- Transcripts\n\t- Other x Order Holding HK Parties in Contempt of Court and Sanctioning HK Parties, Attorney Vartan and Chiesa Shahinian & Giantomasi PC (ECF No. 1537 )\n- 4. Other applicable information:\n\n#### Case 22-50073 Doc 1602 Filed 03/27/23 Entered 03/27/23 11:18:17 Page 2 of 4\n\nFiling Fee: Paid Not Paid\n\n| Appellant's Name:     | Mei Guo, HK International Funds Investments (USA) Limited, LLC,<br>Lee Vartan, Esq., and Chiesa Shahinian and Giantomasi PC                              |\n|-----------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|\n| Appellant's Attorney: | Lee Vartan, Esq., Sam Della Fera, Esq., and Melissa F. Wernick, Esq.<br>CHIESA SHAHINIAN & GIANTOMASI PC<br>105 Eisenhower Parkway<br>Roseland, NJ 07068 |\n|                       | Aaron Romney, Esq. and James Moriarty, Esq.<br>Zeisler and Zeisler PC<br>10 Middle Street, 15th Floor                                                    |\n\n| Appellee's Name:<br>Appellee's Attorney: | Luc Despins, Chapter 11 Trustee<br>Douglas S. Skalka, Esq.<br>James C. Graham, Esq.<br>Patrick R. Linsey, Esq.<br>Lucas Bennett Rocklin, Esq.<br>NEUBERT, PEPE & MONTEITH, P.C.<br>195 Church Street, 13th Floor<br>New Haven, CT 06510 |\n|------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|\n|                                          | Nicholas A. Bassett, Esq.<br>PAUL HASTINGS LLP<br>2050 M Street, N.W.<br>Washington, D.C. 20036                                                                                                                                         |\n|                                          | Luc A. Despins, Esq.<br>Avram E. Luft, Esq.<br>Douglass E. Barron, Esq.<br>G.<br>Alexander Bongartz, Esq.<br>PAUL HASTINGS LLP<br>200 Park Avenue<br>New York, NY 10166                                                                 |\n\nBridgeport, CT 06604\n\nBy: Regina Miltenberger Date: March 27, 2023\n\nDeputy Clerk, U.S. Bankruptcy Court\n\n# **UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT**\n\n#### **ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF RECEIPT OF TRANSMITTAL BY DISTRICT COURT**\n\n| Debtor(s) Name: Ho Wan Kwok                                                                    |                |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------|--|--|--|--|--|--|\n| Bankruptcy Case No.:                                                                           | 22-50073       |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| Adversary Case No.:                                                                            |                |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| Previous Civil No.:                                                                            |                |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| Previous Miscellaneous No.:                                                                    |                |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| Transmittal dated:                                                                             | March 27, 2023 |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| To the Bankruptcy Court:                                                                       |                |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| The following number has been assigned:                                                        |                |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| Civil No. Assigned                                                                             |                |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| Miscellaneous No. Assigned                                                                     |                |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| I hereby acknowledge receipt of the items indicated on the Transmittal sheet referenced above. |                |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| I hereby return the original item(s) indicated on the Transmittal sheet referenced above.      |                |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n|                                                                                                |                |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n\nBy: Date:\n\nDeputy Clerk, U.S. District Court","body_zh":null,"key_entities":["Kwok","Ho Wan Kwok","Despins","Paul Hastings","Guo","Luc Despins"],"ecf_references":[{"doc_number":1537,"court":"CTB"}],"word_count":550,"status":"published","published_at":"2023-03-27 00:00:00","created_at":"2023-03-27","updated_at":"2026-08-20 21:13:44"}