{"id":"court_ctb_2568_0","court":"CTB","case_no":"22-50073","doc_number":2568,"sub_number":0,"doc_type":"ORDER","filed_date":"2024-02-05","title":"UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT BRIDGEPORT DIVISION )","summary_zh":"声明书 —— Ho Wan Kwok 破产案（郭文贵 / Guo Wengui / Miles Guo），CTB 22-50073 ECF #2568（2024-02-05立案）。Bryan Ha 律师代表法治基金（Rule of Law Foundation III, Inc.）与法治社会（Rule of Law Society IV, Inc.）提交声明，支持其对第 11 章受托人诉讼时效中止动议的异议，详细说明已依规履行第 2004 条传票项下的文件调取与协商义务。","summary_en":"Declaration — In re Ho Wan Kwok (Miles Guo / Guo Wengui), CTB No. 22-50073, ECF #2568 (filed Feb 5, 2024). Attorney Bryan Ha submits a declaration in support of Rule of Law Foundation III, Inc. and Rule of Law Society IV, Inc.'s objection to the Chapter 11 Trustee's tolling motion, detailing their compliance with Rule 2004 document subpoenas and meet-and-confer agreements.","body_en":"Case 22-50073 Doc 2568 Filed 02/05/24 Entered 02/05/24 16:29:39 Paqe 1 of 5\n\n## UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT BRIDGEPORT DIVISION\n\n)\n\n) )\n\n) )\n\nIn re:\n\nHO WAN KWOK, et al.,\n\nDebtors\n\nCHAPTER 11\n\nCASE NO. 22-500073 (JAM)\n\n## DECLARATION IN SUPPORT OF OBJECTION BY RULE OF LAW FOUNDATION III, INC. AND RULE OF LAW SOCIETY IV, INC.\n\nThe undersigned, Bryan Ha, Esquire, hereby declares under penalty of perjury, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1746, that the following is true and correct:\n\n1. federal courts of the Eastern and Southern Districts of New York.\n\n2.\n\nLaw Foundation III, Inc. (\"ROLF\") and Rule of Law Society IV, Inc. (\"ROLS\") (ROLF and\n\nROLS are hereinafter sometimes together referred to as the \"Rule of Law Entities\").\n\n3. I have personal knowledge of the facts stated herein.\n\n4. I submit this declaration in support of the Rule of Law Entities' Objection to the\n\nChapter 11 Trustee's Motion for Entry of Order Extending Deadline for Trustee to File\n\nAvoidance Actions under Bankruptcy Code Sections 108, 546(a), and 549 dated January 18,\n\n2024 [ECF No. 2509].\n\n5. ROLF is a not-for-profit corporation organized on or about January 11, 2019, under the laws of the State of Delaware with a principal place of business in New York, New York.\n\n6. ROLS is a not-for-profit corporation organized on or about January 17, 2019, under the laws of the State of Delaware with a principal place of business in New York, New York.\n\n7. The Chapter 11 Trustee, Luc A. Despins, served on ROLF a Subpoena for Rule 2004 Examination and request for production of specified documents dated August 19, 2022, a true and correct copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit A.\n\n8. The Chapter 11 Trustee, Luc A. Despins, served on ROLS a Subpoena for Rule 2004 Examination and request for production of specified documents dated August 19, 2022, a true and correct copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit B.\n\n9. On October 11, 2022, I served on the Chapter 11 Trustee's lawyers Rule of Law Foundation III, Inc's Responses and Objections to Rule 2004 Subpoena, a true and correct copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit C.\n\n10. Also on October 11, 2022, on behalf of ROLF and in response to the Rule 2004 Subpoena served on ROLF, I produced to the Chapter 11 Trustee's lawyers documents numbered ROLF-CT BK 1 through ROLF-CT BK 549.\n\n11. On October 11, 2022, I served on the Chapter 11 Trustee's lawyers Rule of Law Society IV, Inc's Responses and Objections to Rule 2004 Subpoena, a true and correct copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit D.\n\n12. Also on October 11, 2022, on behalf of ROLS and in response to the Rule 2004 Subpoena served on ROLS, I produced to the Chapter 11 Trustee's lawyers documents numbered ROLS-CT BK 1 through ROLS-CT BK 601.\n\n13. On November 22, 2022, I had a \"meet and confer\" phone conversation with Jonathan P. Kosciewicz and other lawyers for the Chapter 11 Trustee from Paul Hastings, LLP to\n\n2\n\ndiscuss the Rule 2004 Subpoenas served on the Rule of Law Entities and the objections and document productions served in response thereto.\n\n14. On December 2, 2022, I had another \"meet and confer\" phone conversation with Jonathan P. Kosciewicz regarding the Rule of Law Entities' responses and objections to the Rule 2004 Subpoenas. During that call, we came to an agreement on the scope of the additional documents that the Rule of Law Entities would produce in response to the Rule 2004 Subpoenas. The substance of the agreements that we reached with the Trustee, essentially narrowing the scope of the additional documents to be produced, are set forth in an e-mail from Jonathan P. Kosciewicz dated December 2, 2022, a true and correct copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit E.\n\n15. On April 5, 2023, I received an e-mail from attorney Kosciewicz, a true and correct copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit F.\n\n16. On April 10, 2023, on behalf of ROLF and in response to the Rule 2004 Subpoena served on ROLF, and pursuant to the agreement reached with the Trustee's counsel as memorialized in Jonathan P. Kosciewicz 's e-mail dated December 2, 2022, ROLF made a supplemental production of documents to the Trustee consisting of documents numbered ROLF-CT BK 550 through ROLF-CT BK 598.\n\n17. On April 10, 2023, on behalf of ROLS and in response to the Rule 2004 Subpoena served on ROLS, and pursuant to the agreement reached with the Trustee's counsel as memorialized in Jonathan P. Kosciewicz 's e-mail dated December 2, 2022, ROLS made a supplemental production of documents to the Trustee consisting of documents numbered ROLS-CT BK 602 through ROLS-CT BK 640.\n\n18. On May 17, 2023, on behalf of the Rule of Law Entities and in response to the Rule 2004 Subpoenas, and pursuant to the agreement reached with the Trustee's counsel as\n\n3\n\nmemorialized in Jonathan P. Kosciewicz 's e-mail dated December 2, 2022, we made a supplemental production of voluminous e-mails to the Trustee. The e-mails were produced in native Outlook format and were gathered by the Rule of Law Entities using the search terms that were provided by Jonathan P. Kosciewicz in his e-mail dated December 2, 2022.\n\n19. As of May 17, 2023, the Rule of Law Entities had each complied in full with their obligations to produce documents to the Chapter 11 Trustee in accordance with the Rule 2004 Subpoenas and the agreement subsequently reached with the Trustee's counsel as memorialized in Jonathan P. Kosciewicz 's e-mail dated December 2, 2022.\n\n20. No one representing the Chapter 11 Trustee objected to the supplemental document productions or notified the Rule of Law Entities that the productions were deficient or incomplete in any respect. I had no further contact or communications with attorney Jonathan P. Kosciewicz or any of the Trustee's other lawyers from Paul Hastings, LLP for more than seven (7) months after the final supplemental document production was made on May 17, 2023, concerning the document productions made by the Rule of Law Entities.\n\n21. Entities made their final supplemental document production, I received an e-mail from a different lawyer at Paul Hastings, LLP, Ezra Sutton, a true and correct copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit G. True and correct copies of further e-mail correspondence thereafter between Ezra Sutton and me are attached hereto as Exhibit H - J.\n\nDated at New York, New York this 5th day of February 2024.\n\nBryan Ha, Esquine Law Offices of Richard E. Signorelli\n\n4\n\n## **CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE**\n\nThe undersigned hereby certifies that a true and correct copy of the above and foregoing was served the 5th day of February 2023, via the Court's CM/ECF Service on the Office of the United States Trustee and all appearing parties qualified to receive electronic notice.\n\n> */s/ Douglas M. Evans* Attorney for ROLF and ROLS","body_zh":"Case 22-50073 Doc 2568 Filed 02/05/24 Entered 02/05/24 16:29:39 Paqe 1 of 5\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\n)\n\n) )\n\n) )\n\n事由：\n\nHO WAN KWOK（郭文贵）等，\n\n债务人\n\n第 11 章\n\n案件编号：22-500073 (JAM)\nRULE OF LAW FOUNDATION III, INC. 与 RULE OF LAW SOCIETY IV, INC. 支持其异议之声明\n\n下述签署人 Bryan Ha（布莱恩·哈）, Esquire（律师），特此根据 28 U.S.C. § 1746 并在受伪证罪处罚的规定下声明，以下内容属实且正确：\n\n1. Eastern and Southern Districts of New York（纽约东区及南区）联邦法院。\n\n2. Rule of Law Foundation III, Inc.（法治基金，简称“ROLF”）与 Rule of Law Society IV, Inc.（法治社会，简称“ROLS”）（ROLF 与 ROLS 以下有时统称为“法治实体”）。\n\n3. 本人亲身知悉此处陈述的事实。\n\n4. 本人提交本声明，以支持法治实体针对第 11 章受托人于 2024 年 1 月 18 日提交的《根据破产法典第 108 条、第 546(a) 条和第 549 条请求作出延长受托人提起撤销之诉期限裁定的动议》[ECF No. 2509] 所提出的异议。\n\n5. ROLF 是一家于 2019 年 1 月 11 日前后依据特拉华州法律组建的非营利法人，其主要营业地位于纽约州纽约市。\n\n6. ROLS 是一家于 2019 年 1 月 17 日前后依据特拉华州法律组建的非营利法人，其主要营业地位于纽约州纽约市。\n\n7. 第 11 章受托人 Luc A. Despins（吕克·A·德斯平斯）向 ROLF 送达了日期为 2022 年 8 月 19 日的《第 2004 条规则调查传票及提供指定文件请求书》，其真实无误的副本作为附件 A 随附于此。\n\n8. 第 11 章受托人 Luc A. Despins 向 ROLS 送达了日期为 2022 年 8 月 19 日的《第 2004 条规则调查传票及提供指定文件请求书》，其真实无误的副本作为附件 B 随附于此。\n\n9. 2022 年 10 月 11 日，本人向第 11 章受托人的律师送达了《Rule of Law Foundation III, Inc. 对第 2004 条规则传票的答复与异议》，其真实无误的副本作为附件 C 随附于此。\n\n10. 同样在 2022 年 10 月 11 日，本人代表 ROLF 并针对向 ROLF 送达的第 2004 条规则传票，向第 11 章受托人的律师提供了编号为 ROLF-CT BK 1 至 ROLF-CT BK 549 的文件。\n\n11. 2022 年 10 月 11 日，本人向第 11 章受托人的律师送达了《Rule of Law Society IV, Inc. 对第 2004 条规则传票的答复与异议》，其真实无误的副本作为附件 D 随附于此。\n\n12. 同样在 2022 年 10 月 11 日，本人代表 ROLS 并针对向 ROLS 送达的第 2004 条规则传票，向第 11 章受托人的律师提供了编号为 ROLS-CT BK 1 至 ROLS-CT BK 601 的文件。\n\n13. 2022 年 11 月 22 日，本人与 Jonathan P. Kosciewicz（乔纳森·P·科斯切维奇）及来自 Paul Hastings, LLP（普衡律师事务所）的第 11 章受托人的其他律师进行了“会商”电话沟通，讨论了向法治实体送达的第 2004 条规则传票，以及作为回应而送达的异议和文件提供情况。\n\n14. 2022 年 12 月 2 日，本人就法治实体对第 2004 条规则传票的答复与异议，与 Jonathan P. Kosciewicz 进行了另一次“会商”电话沟通。在通话中，我们针对法治实体为应对第 2004 条规则传票将要补充提供的文件范围达成了协议。我们与受托人达成的协议实质内容（本质上是缩小了将要补充提供的文件的范围）载于 Jonathan P. Kosciewicz 日期为 2022 年 12 月 2 日的电子邮件中，其真实无误的副本作为附件 E 随附于此。\n\n15. 2023 年 4 月 5 日，本人收到了来自 Kosciewicz 律师的电子邮件，其真实无误的副本作为附件 F 随附于此。\n\n16. 2023 年 4 月 10 日，代表 ROLF 并针对向 ROLF 送达的第 2004 条规则传票，依据与受托人律师达成的并记录在 Jonathan P. Kosciewicz 日期为 2022 年 12 月 2 日的电子邮件中的协议，ROLF 向受托人补充提供了文件，包括编号为 ROLF-CT BK 550 至 ROLF-CT BK 598 的文件。\n\n17. 2023 年 4 月 10 日，代表 ROLS 并针对向 ROLS 送达的第 2004 条规则传票，依据与受托人律师达成的并记录在 Jonathan P. Kosciewicz 日期为 2022 年 12 月 2 日的电子邮件中的协议，ROLS 向受托人补充提供了文件，包括编号为 ROLS-CT BK 602 至 ROLS-CT BK 640 的文件。\n\n18. 2023 年 5 月 17 日，代表法治实体并针对第 2004 条规则传票，依据与受托人律师达成的并记录在 Jonathan P. Kosciewicz 日期为 2022 年 12 月 2 日的电子邮件中的协议，我们向受托人补充提供了大量电子邮件。这些电子邮件以 Outlook 原生格式提供，由法治实体使用 Jonathan P. Kosciewicz 在其 2022 年 12 月 2 日电子邮件中提供的检索词收集整理。\n\n19. 截至 2023 年 5 月 17 日，法治实体各自均已完全履行了根据第 2004 条规则传票以及随后与受托人律师达成的并记录在 Jonathan P. Kosciewicz 日期为 2022 年 12 月 2 日的电子邮件中的协议，向第 11 章受托人提供文件的义务。\n\n20. 代表第 11 章受托人的任何人员均未对补充文件提供提出异议，亦未通知法治实体文件提供在任何方面存在不足或不完整。在 2023 年 5 月 17 日作出最终补充文件提供后的七（7）个多月内，本人与 Jonathan P. Kosciewicz 律师或来自 Paul Hastings, LLP 的受托人的任何其他律师之间，就法治实体进行的文件提供一事，再无任何进一步的接触或沟通。\n\n21. 实体作出最终补充文件提供后，本人收到了来自 Paul Hastings, LLP 的另一位律师 Ezra Sutton（埃兹拉·萨顿）发来的电子邮件，其真实无误的副本作为附件 G 随附于此。此后 Ezra Sutton 与本人之间进一步往来的电子邮件的真实无误副本作为附件 H - J 随附于此。\n\n2024 年 2 月 5 日签署于纽约州纽约市。\n\nBryan Ha, Esquire Law Offices of Richard E. Signorelli（理查德·E·西格诺雷利律师事务所）\n\n送达证明\n\n下述签署人特此证明，上述及前述文件的真实无误副本已于 2023 年 2 月 5 日通过法院的 CM/ECF 服务送达至 Office of the United States Trustee（美国受托人办公室）及所有具有接收电子通知资格的出庭当事方。\n\n/s/ Douglas M. Evans（道格拉斯·M·埃文斯） ROLF 与 ROLS 的代理律师","key_entities":["Je","Paul Hastings","Despins","CIPA","Kwok","Ho Wan Kwok"],"ecf_references":[{"doc_number":2509,"court":"CTB"}],"word_count":1164,"status":"published","published_at":"2024-02-05 00:00:00","created_at":"2024-02-05","updated_at":"2026-08-23 12:42:54"}