{"id":"court_ctb_1813_1","court":"CTB","case_no":"22-50073","doc_number":1813,"sub_number":1,"doc_type":"DECLARATION","filed_date":"2023-05-22","title":"Exhibit 1 UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT BRIDGEPORT DIVISION","summary_zh":null,"summary_en":null,"body_en":"Case 22-50073 Doc 1813-1 Filed 05/22/23 Entered 05/22/23 18:39:15 Page 1 of 3\n\n## Exhibit 1\n\n## **UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT BRIDGEPORT DIVISION**\n\nx : : : : : : :\n\nIn re:\n\nHO WAN KWOK, *et al*.,\n\nChapter 11\n\nCase No. 22-50073 (JAM)\n\nDebtors.\n\n## **DECLARATION OF CHRISTOPHER J. MAJOR**\n\nI, CHRISTOPHER J. MAJOR, hereby declare:\n\n1. I am a partner with the law firm Meister, Seelig & Fein PLLC, counsel for Greenwich Land, LLC (\"Greenwich Land\") and Hing Chi Ngok (\"Ms. Ngok\" and together with Greenwich Land the \"Greenwich Land Defendants\"). I submit this Declaration pursuant to D.Conn.L.Civ.R. 37(a) and Local Bankr.R. 2004-1 in connection with the Greenwich Land Defendants' Objection to the Chapter 11 Trustee's Fifth Supplemental Omnibus Motion of Chapter 11 Trustee for Rule 2004 Discovery (the \"Rule 2004 Motion\") (ECF 1789).\n\n2. The Greenwich Land Defendants are defendants in an adversary proceeding commenced by the Trustee on March 27, 2023, *Luc A. Despins, Chapter 11 Trustee v. Greenwich Land, LLC and Hing Chi Ngok*, Adversary Proceeding No. 23-05005 (the \"Adversary Proceeding\")\n\n3. The Greenwich Land Defendants object to the Trustee's use of Rule 2004 discovery to obtain discovery for use in the Adversary Proceeding. The Greenwich Land Defendants are a party to the Adversary Proceeding, and the Trustee is required to conduct discovery in the normal course in accordance with the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. The Trustee cannot evade its discovery obligations under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure through closed Rule 2004 discovery.\n\n4. On May 22, 2023, counsel for the Greenwich Land Defendants and the Trustee engaged in a meet and confer to discuss the Rule 2004 Motion and the Greenwich Land Defendants' objection to the Trustee's use of Rule 2004 to obtain discovery that the Trustee acknowledges may be used in the Adversary Proceeding. During this call I notified the Trustee's counsel, Avi Luft, of the Greenwich Land Defendants' planned objection to the Rule 2004 Motion.\n\n5. Despite good faith efforts to resolve the parties' dispute without the intervention of the Court, the parties were unable to resolve, in whole or in part, the Greenwich Land Defendants' objection to the Rule 2004 Motion.\n\nPursuant to 28 U.S.C. §1746, I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct.\n\nExecuted at Stamford, Connecticut on this 22nd day of May, 2023\n\nDated: May 22, 2023 Stamford, Connecticut\n\n*/s/ Christopher J. Major*\n\nChristopher J. Major, Esq. 125 Park Avenue, 7th Floor New York, NY 10017 Tel: (212) 655-3500 Email: cjm@msf-law.com","body_zh":"Case 22-50073 Doc 1813-1 Filed 05/22/23 Entered 05/22/23 18:39:15 Page 1 of 3\n证据 1\nUNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT BRIDGEPORT DIVISION（美国康涅狄格区破产法院布里奇波特分部）\n\nx : : : : : : :\n\n关于：\n\nHO WAN KWOK（郭文贵）等，\n\n第 11 章\n\n案号：22-50073 (JAM)\n\n债务人。\nCHRISTOPHER J. MAJOR 的声明\n\n我，CHRISTOPHER J. MAJOR，特此声明：\n\n1. 我是 Meister, Seelig & Fein PLLC 律师事务所的合伙人，该所为 Greenwich Land, LLC（“Greenwich Land”）和 Hing Chi Ngok（岳庆芝，“Ngok 女士”，与 Greenwich Land 合称“Greenwich Land 被告”）的法律顾问。我根据 D.Conn.L.Civ.R. 37(a) 和 Local Bankr.R. 2004-1 提交本声明，涉及 Greenwich Land 被告对第 11 章受托人的《第 11 章受托人关于第 2004 条调查取证的第五次补充综合动议》（“第 2004 条动议”）（ECF 1789）的异议。\n\n2. Greenwich Land 被告是受托人于 2023 年 3 月 27 日发起的对席诉讼中的被告，案件为 Luc A. Despins, Chapter 11 Trustee v. Greenwich Land, LLC and Hing Chi Ngok，对席诉讼案号：23-05005（“对席诉讼”）。\n\n3. Greenwich Land 被告反对受托人利用第 2004 条调查取证来获取用于对席诉讼的证据开示。Greenwich Land 被告是对席诉讼的一方当事人，受托人须按照《联邦民事诉讼规则》在正常程序中进行证据开示。受托人不能通过非公开的第 2004 条调查取证来规避其在《联邦民事诉讼规则》下的证据开示义务。\n\n4. 2023 年 5 月 22 日，Greenwich Land 被告的法律顾问与受托人进行了协商会商，讨论第 2004 条动议以及 Greenwich Land 被告对受托人利用第 2004 条获取受托人承认可用于对席诉讼之证据开示的异议。在本次通话中，我向受托人的法律顾问 Avi Luft 告知了 Greenwich Land 被告拟对第 2004 条动议提出的异议。\n\n5. 尽管双方作出了善意努力以在无需法院介入的情况下解决当事人之间的争议，但各方未能全部或部分解决 Greenwich Land 被告对第 2004 条动议的异议。\n\n根据 28 U.S.C. §1746，我在愿受伪证罪处罚的前提下声明，前述内容真实且正确。\n\n于 2023 年 5 月 22 日签署于康涅狄格州斯坦福\n\n日期：2023 年 5 月 22 日 康涅狄格州斯坦福\n\n/s/ Christopher J. Major\n\nChristopher J. Major 律师 125 Park Avenue, 7th Floor New York, NY 10017 电话：(212) 655-3500 电子邮件：cjm@msf-law.com","key_entities":["Je","Kwok","Ho Wan Kwok","Despins"],"ecf_references":[{"doc_number":1789,"court":"CTB"}],"word_count":422,"status":"published","published_at":"2023-05-22 00:00:00","created_at":"2023-05-22","updated_at":"2026-08-23 12:11:42"}