{"id":"court_ctb_2098_2","court":"CTB","case_no":"22-50073","doc_number":2098,"sub_number":2,"doc_type":"DECLARATION","filed_date":"2023-08-17","title":"Exhibit 2 UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT BRIDGEPORT DIVISION","summary_zh":null,"summary_en":null,"body_en":"## Exhibit 2\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 Sixth Supplemental Omnibus Motion of Chapter 11 Trustee for Rule 2004 Discovery (the \"Rule 2004 Motion\") (ECF 2079).\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 August 17, 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 related to Defendants, and the subject matter at issue in the Adversary Proceeding. During this call my colleague, Austin Kim, 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 17th day of August, 2023\n\nDated: August 17, 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":"证物 2\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院）\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 声明书\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。我依据 D.Conn.L.Civ.R. 37(a) 和 Local Bankr.R. 2004-1 提交本声明书，以配合 Greenwich Land 被告对第 11 章受托人的《第 11 章受托人关于依据第 2004 条规则进行证据开示的第六次补充综合动议》（下称“《第 2004 条规则动议》”）（ECF 2079）所提出的异议。\n\n2. Greenwich Land 被告是受托人于 2023年3月27日 提起的对抗性诉讼中的被告，该案为 Luc A. Despins, Chapter 11 Trustee v. Greenwich Land, LLC and Hing Chi Ngok，对抗性诉讼案号：23-05005（下称“对抗性诉讼”）。\n\n3. Greenwich Land 被告反对受托人利用第 2004 条规则证据开示来获取用于对抗性诉讼的证据。Greenwich Land 被告是对抗性诉讼的一方当事人，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。受托人不得通过非公开的第 2004 条规则证据开示来规避其在《联邦民事诉讼规则》项下的证据开示义务。\n\n4. 2023年8月17日，Greenwich Land 被告的法律顾问与受托人进行了会商（meet and confer），以讨论《第 2004 条规则动议》以及 Greenwich Land 被告对受托人利用第 2004 条规则获取与被告及对抗性诉讼系争标的相关的证据开示所持的异议。在本次通话中，我的同事 Austin Kim 向受托人的法律顾问 Avi Luft 通报了 Greenwich Land 被告计划对《第 2004 条规则动议》提出异议。\n\n5. 尽管双方秉持善意尽力在无须法院介入的情况下解决争议，但双方未能就 Greenwich Land 被告对《第 2004 条规则动议》的异议达成全部或部分解决。\n\n依据 28 U.S.C. § 1746，我谨在接受伪证罪处罚的前提下声明，前述内容真实、准确无误。\n\n于 2023年8月17日 签署于康涅狄格州斯坦福德\n\n日期：2023年8月17日 康涅狄格州斯坦福德\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":2079,"court":"CTB"}],"word_count":414,"status":"published","published_at":"2023-08-17 00:00:00","created_at":"2023-08-17","updated_at":"2026-08-23 12:11:07"}