{"id":"court_ctb_1651_0","court":"CTB","case_no":"22-50073","doc_number":1651,"sub_number":0,"doc_type":"ORDER","filed_date":"2022-08-16","title":"UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT BRIDGEPORT DIVISION In re : Chapter 11","summary_zh":null,"summary_en":null,"body_en":"## UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT BRIDGEPORT DIVISION\n\nIn re : Chapter 11\n\nHO WAN KWOK, et al. : Case No. 22-50073 (JAM)\n\n : Debtors. : \\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_:\n\n:\n\n\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_ :\n\n## DEBTOR'S MOTION TO EXPEDITE HEARING ON DEBTOR'S MOTION FOR A LIMITED STAY OF ORDER GRANTING IN PART MOTION TO COMPEL COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 2004 SUBPOENA\n\nDebtor Ho Wan Kwok (the \"Debtor\"), for his motion (the \"Motion\") to expedite a hearing on the Debtor's Motion for a Limited Stay of Order Granting in Part Motion to Compel Compliance with Rule 2004 Subpoena (the \"Stay Motion\"), respectfully states:\n\n1. On February 15, 2022, the Individual Debtor filed his voluntary petition for relief under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code, thereby commencing the above-captioned bankruptcy case.\n\n2. On July 7, 2022, the United States Trustee filed a notice appointing Luc A. Despins (the \"Trustee\") as Chapter 11 trustee (Doc. No. 514), and an Application for Order Approving Appointment of Chapter 11 Trustee (Doc. No. 515), seeking the Court's approval of the appointment of the Trustee. On July 8, 2022, the Court entered its Order Granting Appointment Of Chapter 11 Trustee (Doc. No. 523), granting the appointment of Luc A. Despins as Chapter 11 trustee in this case.\n\n6. On July 28, 2022, the Trustee filed his i) Motion for 2004 Examination of the Debtor (Doc. No. 636), ii) Omnibus Motion of Chapter 11 Trustee For Entry of Order Under Bankruptcy Rule 2004 and Local Rule 2004-1 Authorizing Discovery with Respect to Various Legal and Financial Advisors to the [Individual] Debtor (Doc. No. 637), and iii) Omnibus Motion of Chapter 11 Trustee For Entry of Order Under Bankruptcy Rule 2004 and Local Rule 2004-1 Authorizing Discovery with Respect to Various Entities and Individuals Affiliated with the Debtor (Doc. No. 638) (collectively the \"July Rule 2004 Exam Motions\").\n\n7. On August 5, 2022, the Debtor filed his Limited Objection to Rule 2004 Motions (Doc. No. 703) to preserve certain rights, including the right to assert objections to the requests for the production of documents that would be served with the subpoena attached to the July Rule 2004 Exam Motions after the subpoena was actually served. By orders dated August 16, 2022, this Court granted the July Rule 2004 Exam Motions.\n\n8. The Debtor was served with a Rule 2004 subpoena (the \"Rule 2004 Subpoena\") on August 19, 2022. The Debtor served timely objections to the document requests attached to that Subpoena, asserting objections to certain of the enumerated Instructions and Definitions included with the requests for production, as well as objections to certain of the requests for production.\n\n9. On October 28, 2022, the Trustee filed his Motion of Chapter 11 Trustee for Entry of Order Compelling Individual Debtor, [and Others] to Comply with Rule 2004 Subpoenas (Doc. No. 1046) (the \"Motion to Compel\").\n\n10. On November 14, 2022 the Debtor (and others) filed their Joint Objection of the Debtor, Mei Guo, and HK International Funds Investments (USA) Limited, LLC to Chapter 11 Trustee's Motion to Compel Compliance with Rule 2004 Subpoenas (Doc. No. 1090). This Court held a hearing on the Motion to Compel on November 30, 2022. On January 20, 2023, the Court entered the Order Granting in Part Motion to Compel Compliance with Rule 2004 Subpoenas (the \"January 20 Order\").\n\n11. On the morning of March 15, 2023, a twelve count indictment was unsealed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York charging the Debtor and Kin Ming Je, a/k/a \"William Je\" with various federal crimes. The Debtor was arrested by federal law enforcement authorities on March 15, 2023, and remains in federal custody.\n\n12. By the Stay Motion, the Debtor seeks the entry of a limited stay of the January 20 Order, and relieving the Debtor of the obligation to produce any documents or to submit a declaration in further compliance with the January 20 Order. The Trustee's Motion for Order to Show Cause why . . . Debtor Should not be Held in Contempt of Court for Failure to Comply with the [January 20 Order] will come on for hearing in this Court on April 18, 2023. The Debtor requests that the Court set a hearing for the Stay Motion on Tuesday, April 18, 2023, and require any opposition to the Stay Motion to be filed by 12:00 p.m. on Monday, April 17, 2023. The Debtor further requests that the Court direct that notice of the Stay Motion and the Court's order granting this Motion be served on all parties-in-interest appearing in the 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 Debtor requests that the Court issue an Order, substantially in the form attached hereto, setting a hearing on the Stay Motion for April 18, 2023, and ordering notice of such hearing as set forth in the attached Order.\n\nDated: April 10, 2023 Respectfully submitted,\n\n/s/ Dylan P. Kletter Dylan P. Kletter (ct28197) Brown Rudnick LLP 185 Asylum Street, 38th Floor Hartford, Connecticut 06103 Tel: (860) 509-6500\n\nFax: (860) 509-6501 Email: dkletter@brownrudnick.com\n\nStephen R. Cook (pro hac vice pending) 2211 Michelson Drive, 7th Floor Irvine, California 92612 Tel: (949) 752-7100 Fax: (949) 252-1514 Email scook@brownrudnick.com\n\nStephen A. Best (pro hac vice pending) 601 13th Street, NW, Suite 600 Washington, DC 20005 Tel.: (202) 536-1737 Fac : (219) 938-2937 Email: sbest@brownrudnick.com\n\nSPECIAL (CRIMINAL DEFENSE) COUNSEL FOR DEBTOR HO WAN KWOK\n\n## CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE\n\nI hereby certify that on this 10th day of April, 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/ Dylan P. Kletter","body_zh":"美国康涅狄格区破产法院布里奇波特分庭（United States Bankruptcy Court District of Connecticut Bridgeport Division）\n\n关于：第11章（Chapter 11）\n\nHO WAN KWOK（郭文贵）等 ：案号 22-50073 (JAM)\n\n ：债务人。 ：___________________________________________:\n\n:\n\n___________________________________________ :\n债务人关于请求加快审理债务人关于部分准许强制执行第2004条传票动议之裁定的有限暂缓执行动议的动议\n\n债务人 Ho Wan Kwok（郭文贵）（简称“债务人”），就其请求加快审理债务人关于部分准许强制执行第2004条传票动议之裁定的有限暂缓执行动议（简称“暂缓动议”）的动议（简称“本动议”），谨陈述如下：\n\n1. 2022年2月15日，个人债务人根据《破产法典》第11章提交了自愿救济申请书，从而启动了上述标题所列的破产案件。\n\n2. 2022年7月7日，美国联邦破产受托人（United States Trustee）提交了一份指定 Luc A. Despins（卢克·A·德斯平斯）（简称“受托人”）为第11章受托人的通知（文件编号 514），以及一份《关于批准指定第11章受托人之命令的申请》（文件编号 515），请求法院批准对受托人的指定。2022年7月8日，法院作出了《关于准许指定第11章受托人的命令》（文件编号 523），准许指定 Luc A. Despins 为本案的第11章受托人。\n\n6. 2022年7月28日，受托人提交了：i）《关于对债务人进行第2004条调查的动议》（文件编号 636），ii）《第11章受托人关于根据破产程序规则第2004条及本地规则第2004-1条作出命令以授权对［个人］债务人的多位法律和财务顾问进行证据开示的综合动议》（文件编号 637），以及 iii）《第11章受托人关于根据破产程序规则第2004条及本地规则第2004-1条作出命令以授权对与债务人有关联的多家实体及个人进行证据开示的综合动议》（文件编号 638）（合称“7月份第2004条调查动议”）。\n\n7. 2022年8月5日，债务人提交了《关于第2004条动议的有限异议》（文件编号 703），以保留某些权利，包括在7月份第2004条调查动议所附传票实际送达后，对随传票一同送达的文件出示请求提出异议的权利。通过日期为2022年8月16日的命令，本法院准许了7月份第2004条调查动议。\n\n8. 2022年8月19日，债务人被送达了一份第2004条传票（简称“第2004条传票”）。债务人对该传票所附的文件请求及时送达了异议，对出示请求中包含的某些列举的指示和定义提出了异议，并对某些文件出示请求提出了异议。\n\n9. 2022年10月28日，受托人提交了《第11章受托人关于作出命令强制个人债务人［及其他人］遵守第2004条传票的动议》（文件编号 1046）（简称“强制动议”）。\n\n10. 2022年11月14日，债务人（及其他人）提交了《债务人、Mei Guo（郭美）及 HK International Funds Investments (USA) Limited, LLC 对第11章受托人强制遵守第2004条传票动议的联合异议》（文件编号 1090）。本法院于2022年11月30日就强制动议举行了听证会。2023年1月20日，法院作出了《关于部分准许强制遵守第2004条传票动议的命令》（简称“1月20日裁定”）。\n\n11. 2023年3月15日上午，美国纽约南区联邦地区法院（United States District Court for the Southern District of New York）启封了一份包含12项罪名项的起诉书，指控债务人和 Kin Ming Je（余建明）（又名“William Je”）犯有多项联邦罪行。债务人于2023年3月15日被联邦执法当局逮捕，目前仍处于联邦羁押中。\n\n12. 通过暂缓动议，债务人请求作出有限暂缓执行1月20日裁定的命令，并免除债务人进一步遵照1月20日裁定出示任何文件或提交声明的义务。受托人关于《要求说明为何不应因未能遵守［1月20日裁定］而判定……债务人构成藐视法庭罪的令状动议》将于2023年4月18日在本法院开庭审理。债务人请求法院将暂缓动议的听证会定于2023年4月18日（星期二），并要求对暂缓动议的任何反对意见须在2023年4月17日（星期一）中午12:00前提交。债务人进一步请求法院指示将暂缓动议以及法院准许本动议的裁定的通知送达给在债务人第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、受托人和美国联邦破产受托人。\n\n为此，债务人请求法院发出实质上采用本动议所附格式的裁定，将暂缓动议的听证会定于2023年4月18日，并按照所附裁定中的规定下令送达该听证会通知。\n\n日期：2023年4月10日 谨此提交，\n\n/s/ Dylan P. Kletter Dylan P. Kletter (ct28197) Brown Rudnick LLP 185 Asylum Street, 38th Floor Hartford, Connecticut 06103 电话: (860) 509-6500\n\n传真: (860) 509-6501 电子邮箱: dkletter@brownrudnick.com\n\nStephen R. Cook（暂准出庭待批） 2211 Michelson Drive, 7th Floor Irvine, California 92612 电话: (949) 752-7100 传真: (949) 252-1514 电子邮箱: scook@brownrudnick.com\n\nStephen A. Best（暂准出庭待批） 601 13th Street, NW, Suite 600 Washington, DC 20005 电话: (202) 536-1737 传真: (219) 938-2937 电子邮箱: sbest@brownrudnick.com\n\n债务人郭文贵的特别（刑事辩护）律师\n送达证书\n\n本人特此证明，于2023年4月10日，上述文件的副本已通过电子方式提交。本提交事项的通知将通过法院电子归档系统的运行以电子邮件形式发送给所有当事方，或根据《电子归档通知》所示，以邮寄方式发送给无法接受电子归档的任何人。当事方可通过法院的 CM/ECF 系统查阅本次提交的文件。\n\n/s/ Dylan P. Kletter","key_entities":["Je","Kwok","Ho Wan Kwok","Despins","Guo","Kin Ming Je","William Je"],"ecf_references":[],"word_count":991,"status":"published","published_at":"2022-08-16 00:00:00","created_at":"2022-08-16","updated_at":"2026-08-23 12:38:59"}