{"id":"court_ctb_3306_0","court":"CTB","case_no":"22-50073","doc_number":3306,"sub_number":0,"doc_type":"ORDER","filed_date":null,"title":"UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT BRIDGEPORT DIVISION | -------------------------------------------","summary_zh":null,"summary_en":null,"body_en":"# **UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT BRIDGEPORT DIVISION**\n\n| ---------------------------------------------------------------- |          | x           |                         |\n|------------------------------------------------------------------|----------|-------------|-------------------------|\n| In re:                                                           |          | :<br>:      | Chapter 11              |\n| 1<br>HO WAN KWOK,<br>et al.,                                     |          | :<br>:      | Case No. 22-50073 (JAM) |\n|                                                                  | Debtors. | :<br>:<br>: | (Jointly Administered)  |\n| ---------------------------------------------------------------- |          | x           |                         |\n\n# **MOTION OF CHAPTER 11 TRUSTEE TO FILE COMPLETE, UNREDACTED VERSION OF MOTION OF CHAPTER 11 TRUSTEE FOR ORDER TO PRESERVE EVIDENCE UNDER SEAL**\n\nLuc A. Despins, in his capacity as the chapter 11 trustee (the \"Trustee\") appointed in the chapter 11 case (the \"Chapter 11 Case\" or \"Main Case\") of Ho Wan Kwok (the \"Debtor\"), by and through his undersigned counsel respectfully submits this motion (\"Motion to Seal\") pursuant to District of Connecticut Local Rule of Civil Procedure (the \"Local Civil Rules\") 5(e), District of Connecticut Local Rule of Bankruptcy Procedure (the \"Local Bankruptcy Rules\") 9077-1, and Rule 9018 of the Federal Rule of Bankruptcy Procedure (the \"Bankruptcy Rules\"), permitting the sealed filing of the complete, unredacted version of *Motion of Chapter 11 Trustee for Order to Preserve Evidence* (the \"Main Motion\") under seal.<sup>2</sup> In support of this Motion to Seal, the Trustee states as follows:\n\n<span id=\"page-0-0\"></span><sup>1</sup> The Debtors in these chapter 11 cases are Ho Wan Kwok (also known as Guo Wengui, Miles Guo, and Miles Kwok, as well as numerous other aliases) (last four digits of tax identification number: 9595), Genever Holdings LLC (last four digits of tax identification number: 8202) and Genever Holdings Corporation. The mailing address for the Trustee, Genever Holdings LLC, and the Genever Holdings Corporation is Paul Hastings LLP, 200 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10166 c/o Luc A. Despins, as Trustee for the Estate of Ho Wan Kwok (solely for purposes of notices and communications).\n\n<span id=\"page-0-1\"></span><sup>2</sup> The Main Motion is filed contemporaneously herewith.\n\n#### **JURISDICTION AND VENUE**\n\n1. The Court has jurisdiction over this matter pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 157 and 1334 and the *Standing Order of Reference* from the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut. This is a core proceeding within the meaning of 28 U.S.C. § 157(b). Venue in this District is proper pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 1408 and 1409.\n\n### **RELEVANT FACTS**\n\n2. The Trustee has recently learned that non-parties are in possession of evidence relevant to this proceeding (the \"Evidence\"). The Trustee will file the Main Motion to preserve the Evidence until such time that the Court determines the Trustee's rights to the same.\n\n3. The Trustee seeks authorization to seal the Main Motion because filing an unredacted and unsealed copy of the same on the open docket would defeat its purpose. The Main Motion contains information sufficient to enable any person associated with the Debtor who is monitoring this proceeding to interfere with preservation of the Evidence before the Court can adjudicate the Main Motion, and thus before the Evidence is preserved. The possibility that such will occur is hardly remote given the history of discovery violations by persons associated with the Debtor in these chapter 11 cases.\n\n4. As the Court is well aware, these chapter 11 cases have been replete with disturbing instances in which the Debtor and those associated with him have sought to conceal property of the estate or otherwise impede the Trustee's investigation.[3](#page-1-0) Accordingly, even if the Main Motion is granted, there exists a significant danger that persons associated with the Debtor will interfere\n\n<span id=\"page-1-0\"></span><sup>3</sup> *See e.g., Mem. of Law in Support of Mot. of Ch. 11 Trustee for Estate of Ho Wan Kwok for Summary Judgment with Respect to Alter Ego and Equitable Ownership Claim* [Adv. Proc. No. 23-05005, Dkt. No. 98] (detailing, for example, the systematical dissipation of proceeds from the sale of the Ferncliff Property to fund luxury purchases by the Debtor's family members and associates, pay the Debtor's expenses, and funnel funds to other Debtor-controlled entities)\n\nwith the preservation of the Evidence before it is preserved. The Trustee therefore seeks authorization to file an unredacted copy of the Main Motion under seal.\n\n5. To ensure that any sealing order is narrowly tailored to prevent interference with the preservation of the Evidence before it is preserved, the Trustee submits that he will file an unredacted copy of the Main Motion (and any responses filed with respect to same (a \"Response\")) on the open docket twenty-one (21) days after the date that Court issues any order fully adjudicating the Main Motion. In addition, the Trustee will serve an unredacted copy of the Main Motion upon the counsel for the United States Trustee and counsel for the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors (the \"Committee\") within twenty-four (24) hours of the Court issuing an order authorizing the Trustee to file the Main Motion under seal.\n\n### **RELIEF REQUESTED**\n\n6. By this Motion to Seal, the Trustee requests entry of an order, substantially in the form attached hereto as **Exhibit A**, authorizing the Trustee to file under seal an unredacted version of the Main Motion. [4](#page-2-0)\n\n7. Specifically, the Trustee requests that he be authorized to submit, under seal, the Main Motion.\n\n8. The Trustee further requests that the Court direct that any Responses to the Main Motion likewise be filed under seal.\n\n<span id=\"page-2-0\"></span><sup>4</sup> This Court has previously granted such relief where, as here, the Trustee sought to prevent interference with the preservation of evidence residing with a non-party until such time that he could secure preservation of the same. *See Motion to File Complete, Unredacted Versions of Emergency Motion of Chapter 11 Trustee to Order Preservation of Evidence and Related Materials under Seal* [Adv. Proc. No. 23-05017, Dkt. No. 86]; *Order Granting Motion of Chapter 11 Trustee to File Complete, Unredacted Versions of Emergency Motion of Chapter 11 Trustee to Order Preservation of Evidence and Related Materials under Seal* [Adv. Proc. No. 23- 05017, Dkt. No. 90].\n\n#### **BASIS FOR RELIEF**\n\n9. In this District, Rule 5(e)(3) of the Local Rules of Civil Procedure dictates that the Court may grant a request to seal documents only after making \"particularized findings that sealing is supported by clear and compelling reasons and is narrowly tailored to serve those reasons.\" D. CONN. L. R. CIV. P. 5(e)(3). Clear and compelling reasons exist in the present case, and sealing is narrowly tailored to serve those reasons, as follows.\n\n10. *First*, the presumption of public access is lower for the Main Motion than it is for dispositive motions. *See Brown v. Maxwell*, 929 F.3d 41, 50 (2d Cir. 2019) (holding \"presumption of public access in filings submitted in connection with discovery disputes or motions in limine is generally somewhat lower than the presumption applied to material introduced at trial, or in connection with dispositive motions such as motions for dismissal or summary judgment\"). This is so because the Main Motion is substantially more akin to a discovery or discovery-related motion than it is to a dispositive motion. \"Thus, while a court must still articulate specific and substantial reasons for sealing such material, the reasons usually need not be as compelling as those required to seal summary judgment filings.\" *Id.*\n\n11. *Second*, the purpose of the Main Motion will be defeated if an unredacted and unsealed copy is filed on the open docket. There exists a real and imminent danger that persons associated with the Debtor who are monitoring this proceeding will interfere with the preservation of the Evidence before it is preserved. Such danger is hardly speculative. To state that this case has been fraught with discovery-related abuses by the Debtor and his associates is an understatement. As this Court recently recounted:\n\nInstead of receiving compliance and cooperation from the Individual Debtor, the Trustee has faced ceaseless recalcitrance, obstruction, and flagrant disregard of court orders by the Individual Debtor, his family members, his associates and employees, and entities the Trustee alleges he controls since the Trustee's appointment . . . . Ultimately, the Court has entered at least eight orders holding the Individual Debtor, his daughter, Ms. Guo, and entities allegedly controlled by the Individual Debtor in contempt for failure to turn over assets and discovery abuse . . . . To date, each contemnor remains in contempt of court. The severity of nonperformance of statutory duties . . . . and noncompliance with this Court's orders in these jointly administered Chapter 11 cases, is extraordinary.\n\n(Citations omitted.) *In re Kwok*, No. 22-50073 (JAM), 2024 WL 666646, at \\*6 (Bankr. D. Conn. Feb. 15, 2024); *see In re Kwok*, No. 22-50073 (JAM), 2023 WL 186964, at \\*19 (Bankr. D. Conn. Jan. 13, 2023) (observing, over one year earlier than the above-quoted entry, that the Trustee's investigation \"has been met with opposition at every step in the process\"). Sealing the Main Motion until the Evidence is preserved will ameliorate such danger.\n\n12. *Third*, interference with the preservation of the Evidence that the Trustee seeks to preserve will impair and prejudice the Trustee's investigation of the Debtor's assets for the benefit of the creditors and the estate.\n\n13. *Finally*, the proposed order sealing the Main Motion is of limited temporal duration, provides that unredacted copies of the Main Motion will be provided to counsel for the United States Trustee and the Committee, and is narrowly tailored to ensure that it does not extend beyond the time necessary to preserve the Evidence. *See, e.g.*, *Commodity Futures Trading Commission v. Bolze*, No. 3:09-CV-88, 2009 WL 605248, at \\*1 (E.D. Tenn. Mar. 3, 2009) (sealing entire docket and file in \"the interests of (1) preventing concealment and dissipation of assets; (2) preventing destruction of documents in this matter\" until \"the earlier of (1) 72 hours after entry of this order or (2) Plaintiff provides the Court with Notice that Defendant . . . has been served with the Complaint\").\n\n14. At bottom, the Trustee submits that filing the Main Motion under temporary seal will ensure that the purpose of the Main Motion—to preserve the Evidence—is not defeated.\n\n15. For all of the foregoing reasons, the Trustee requests that he be authorized to file the Main Motion under seal. For the same reasons, the Trustee further requests that the Court order that any Response(s) to the Main Motion be filed under seal.\n\n**WHEREFORE**, the Court should grant this Motion and enter such other relief as is just and proper.\n\nNew Haven, Connecticut\n\nDated: July 11, 2024 LUC A. DESPINS, CHAPTER 11 TRUSTEE\n\nBy: */s/* Dennis M. Carnelli Dennis M. Carnelli (ct30050) Patrick R. Linsey (ct29437) Douglas S. Skalka (ct00616) NEUBERT, PEPE & MONTEITH, P.C. 195 Church Street, 13th Floor New Haven, Connecticut 06510 (203) 821-2000 [dcarnelli@npmlaw.com](mailto:dcarnelli@npmlaw.com) [plinsey@npmlaw.com](mailto:plinsey@npmlaw.com) [dskalka@npmlaw.com](mailto:dskalka@npmlaw.com)\n\n# **UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT BRIDGEPORT DIVISION**\n\n| ---------------------------------------------------------------- |          | x      |                         |\n|------------------------------------------------------------------|----------|--------|-------------------------|\n| In re:                                                           |          | :<br>: | Chapter 11              |\n| 1<br>HO WAN KWOK,<br>et al.,                                     |          | :<br>: | Case No. 22-50073 (JAM) |\n|                                                                  | Debtors. | :<br>: | (Jointly Administered)  |\n| ---------------------------------------------------------------- |          | :<br>x |                         |\n\n## **CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE**\n\nThe undersigned hereby certifies that on July 11, 2024, the foregoing Motion and Proposed Order were 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 pursuant to the Notice of Electronic Filing. Parties may access this filing through the Court's system. The foregoing was further served as indicated in the Certificate of Service filed with respect to the Main Motion.\n\n<span id=\"page-6-0\"></span><sup>1</sup> The Debtors in these chapter 11 cases are Ho Wan Kwok (also known as Guo Wengui, Miles Guo, and Miles Kwok, as well as numerous other aliases) (last four digits of tax identification number: 9595), Genever Holdings LLC (last four digits of tax identification number: 8202) and Genever Holdings Corporation. The mailing address for the Trustee, Genever Holdings LLC, and the Genever Holdings Corporation is Paul Hastings LLP, 200 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10166 c/o Luc A. Despins, as Trustee for the Estate of Ho Wan Kwok (solely for purposes of notices and communications).\n\nNew Haven, Connecticut\n\nDated: July 11, 2024 LUC A. DESPINS, CHAPTER 11 TRUSTEE\n\nBy: */s/* Dennis M. Carnelli Dennis M. Carnelli (ct30050) Patrick R. Linsey (ct29437) Douglas S. Skalka (ct00616) NEUBERT, PEPE & MONTEITH, P.C. 195 Church Street, 13th Floor New Haven, Connecticut 06510 (203) 821-2000 [dcarnelli@npmlaw.com](mailto:dcarnelli@npmlaw.com) [plinsey@npmlaw.com](mailto:plinsey@npmlaw.com) [dskalka@npmlaw.com](mailto:dskalka@npmlaw.com)\n\n## **Exhibit A**\n\n# **UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT BRIDGEPORT DIVISION**\n\n| ---------------------------------------------------------------- |          | x           |                         |\n|------------------------------------------------------------------|----------|-------------|-------------------------|\n| In re:                                                           |          | :<br>:      | Chapter 11              |\n| 1<br>HO WAN KWOK,<br>et al.,                                     |          | :<br>:      | Case No. 22-50073 (JAM) |\n|                                                                  | Debtors. | :<br>:<br>: | (Jointly Administered)  |\n| ---------------------------------------------------------------- |          | x           |                         |\n\n# **[PROPOSED] ORDER GRANTING CHAPTER 11 TRUSTEE'S MOTION TO SEAL MOTION FOR ORDER TO PRESERVE EVIDENCE**\n\nUPON CONSIDERATION OF the motion (the \"Motion to Seal\") of Chapter 11 Trustee Luc A. Despins (the \"Trustee\") requesting approval of the sealed filing of the Motion of Chapter 11 Trustee for Order to Preserve Evidence (the \"Main Motion\") under seal, and good cause having been shown, and the Court having found that the sealed filing of the Main Motion provided in this Order being narrowly tailored to serve the foregoing purposes, it is by the Court, hereby\n\n**ORDERED**, that the Motion to Seal is granted as set forth herein; and it is further\n\n**ORDERED**, that the Trustee is authorized to file an unredacted version of Main Motion and any exhibits thereto under seal which shall remain under seal and shall not remain publicly available except as provided in this Order; and it is further\n\n<span id=\"page-9-0\"></span><sup>1</sup> The Debtors in these chapter 11 cases are Ho Wan Kwok (also known as Guo Wengui, Miles Guo, and Miles Kwok, as well as numerous other aliases) (last four digits of tax identification number: 9595), Genever Holdings LLC (last four digits of tax identification number: 8202) and Genever Holdings Corporation. The mailing address for the Trustee, Genever Holdings LLC, and the Genever Holdings Corporation is Paul Hastings LLP, 200 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10166 c/o Luc A. Despins, as Trustee for the Estate of Ho Wan Kwok (solely for purposes of notices and communications).\n\n**ORDERED**, that any response(s) to the Main Motion (a \"Response\") shall be filed under seal and shall remain under seal and shall not remain publicly available except as provided in this Order; and it is further\n\n**ORDERED**, that within twenty-one (21) days after the date that the Court issues any order fully adjudicating the Main Motion, the Trustee shall file an unredacted copy of the Main Motion and any Response(s) on the open docket in the above-captioned proceeding; and it is further\n\n**ORDERED**, that the Trustee shall serve an unredacted version of the Main Motion upon counsel for the United States Trustee and counsel for the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors within twenty-four (24) hours after issuance of this Order; and it is further\n\n**ORDERED**, that, pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 107(c)(3), the United States Trustee has a statutory right of full access to any information and/or document filed on the docket or submitted to the Court in this case; the United States Trustee shall comply with the obligations of 11 U.S.C. § 107(c)(3)(B); and it is further\n\n**ORDERED**, that the terms and conditions of this Order shall be immediately effective and enforceable upon its entry; and it is further\n\n**ORDERED**, that the Trustee is authorized to take all actions necessary to effectuate the relief granted herein; and it is further\n\n**ORDERED**, that the Court shall retain jurisdiction with respect to all matters arising from or related to the interpretation or implementation of this Order.\n\n2","body_zh":"UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT BRIDGEPORT DIVISION（美国康涅狄格州破产法院布里奇波特分院）\n\n----------------------------------------------------------------　x\n\n关于：　:\n:　第 11 章\n\nHO WAN KWOK（郭文贵），\n等，　:\n:　案号 22-50073 (JAM)\n债务人。　:\n:\n:　（合并审理）\n----------------------------------------------------------------　x\n第 11 章受托人关于密封提交第 11 章受托人申请保全证据裁定动议之完整未删节版本的动议\n\nLuc A. Despins 以其在 Ho Wan Kwok（郭文贵）（“债务人”）第 11 章案件（“第 11 章案件”或“主案”）中获任命的第 11 章受托人（“受托人”）身份，由其下述署名律师代表，依据 District of Connecticut Local Rule of Civil Procedure（《康涅狄格区联邦民事诉讼地方规则》）（“《地方民事规则》”）第 5(e) 条、District of Connecticut Local Rule of Bankruptcy Procedure（《康涅狄格区联邦破产诉讼地方规则》）（“《地方破产规则》”）第 9077-1 条以及 Federal Rule of Bankruptcy Procedure（《联邦破产诉讼规则》）（“《破产规则》”）第 9018 条，恭敬提交本动议（“密封动议”），请求准许密封提交《第 11 章受托人关于申请保全证据裁定的动议》（“主动议”）的完整未删节版本。2 为支持本密封动议，受托人陈述如下：\n\n1 这些第 11 章案件中的债务人为 Ho Wan Kwok（郭文贵）（亦称郭文贵、Miles Guo、Miles Kwok 以及其他众多化名）（纳税人识别号后四位：9595）、Genever Holdings LLC（纳税人识别号后四位：8202）及 Genever Holdings Corporation。受托人、Genever Holdings LLC 和 Genever Holdings Corporation 的邮寄地址为 Paul Hastings LLP, 200 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10166 转交 Ho Wan Kwok 破产财产受托人 Luc A. Despins（仅用于送达通知和通信目的）。\n\n2 主动议与本动议同时提交。\n管辖权与审理地\n\n1. 依据 28 U.S.C. §§ 157 及 1334 以及 United States District Court for the District of Connecticut（美国康涅狄格区联邦地区法院）的移送现行命令，本法院对本事项具有管辖权。本案属于 28 U.S.C. § 157(b) 所指的核心程序。依据 28 U.S.C. §§ 1408 及 1409，本司法辖区的审理地是适当的。\n相关事实\n\n2. 受托人近期获悉非当事人持有与本程序相关的证据（“证据”）。受托人将提交主动议以保全该证据，直至本法院裁定受托人对该证据的相关权利为止。\n\n3. 受托人请求获准密封主动议，乃因在公开案卷上提交该主动议的未删节且未密封副本将使其目的落空。主动议所包含的信息足以使监控本程序的任何与债务人相关联的人员在本法院能够对主动议作出裁决之前，从而在该证据得到保全之前，干预该证据的保全。鉴于在这些第 11 章案件中与债务人相关联的人员存在违反证据开示规则的历史记录，发生此类情况的可能性绝非微乎其微。\n\n4. 诚如本法院所熟知，在这些第 11 章案件中充斥着令人不安的事例，即债务人及与其相关联的人员企图隐匿破产财产，或以其他方式阻碍受托人的调查。[3] 相应地，即使主动议获准，仍存在重大危险，即与债务人相关联的人员将在该证据得到保全之前对其保全工作进行干预。\n\n3 参见例如《第 11 章受托人关于 Ho Wan Kwok 破产财产就另一个人格及衡平法所有权主张申请即决判决的动议支持法律备忘录》[对抗程序案号 23-05005，案卷编号 98]（例如，详细列明系统性挥霍出售 Ferncliff 物业所得收益，以资助债务人家属及关联人员的奢侈品消费、支付债务人的开支，并将资金转入债务人控制的其他实体）\n\n因此，受托人请求获准密封提交主动议的未删节副本。\n\n5. 为确保任何密封裁定均经过严格限定以防止在证据得到保全之前干预其保全，受托人提议，在本法院发布全面裁决主动议的任何裁定之日起二十一（21）天后，受托人将在公开案卷上提交主动议（以及就该主动议提交的任何答辩（“答辩”））的未删节副本。此外，受托人将在本法院发布准许受托人密封提交主动议的裁定后二十四（24）小时内，向 United States Trustee（美国受托人）的律师及 Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors（无担保债权人官方委员会）（“委员会”）的律师送达主动议的未删节副本。\n请求的救济\n\n6. 通过本密封动议，受托人请求本法院作出一项大体如本动议附件 A 所示形式的裁定，准许受托人密封提交主动议的未删节版本。[4]\n\n7. 具体而言，受托人请求获准密封提交主动议。\n\n8. 受托人进一步请求本法院指示对主动议的任何答辩亦同样应予密封提交。\n\n4 本法院此前曾批准过此类救济，当时与本案类似，受托人企图防止对由非当事人持有的证据的保全受到干预，直至其能够确保对该证据的保全为止。参见《第 11 章受托人关于密封提交第 11 章受托人命令保全证据及相关材料的紧急动议之完整未删节版本的动议》[对抗程序案号 23-05017，案卷编号 86]；《准许第 11 章受托人关于密封提交第 11 章受托人命令保全证据及相关材料的紧急动议之完整未删节版本的动议的裁定》[对抗程序案号 23-05017，案卷编号 90]。\n救济依据\n\n9. 在本司法区，《地方民事规则》第 5(e)(3) 条规定，本法院唯有在作出“密封具有明确且令人信服的理由支持且经过严格限定以服务于该等理由的具体认定”之后，方可批准密封文件的请求。D. CONN. L. R. CIV. P. 5(e)(3)。本案存在明确且令人信服的理由，且密封经过严格限定以服务于该等理由，具体如下：\n\n10. 首先，主动议的公众查阅推定低于终局性动议。参见 Brown 诉 Maxwell 案，929 F.3d 41, 50 (2d Cir. 2019)（裁定“就与证据开示争议或审前排除证据动议相关的提交文件中，公众查阅的推定通常略低于适用于在庭审中引入的材料或与诸如驳回起诉或即决判决等终局性动议相关的材料的推定”）。之所以如此，是因为主动议实质上更类似于证据开示或与证据开示相关的动议，而非终局性动议。“因此，尽管法院仍必须就密封此类材料阐明具体且实质性的理由，但该等理由通常无需像密封即决判决提交文件所要求的理由那样令人信服。”同上。\n\n11. 其次，若在公开案卷上提交未删节且未密封的副本，主动议的目的将落空。存在真实且迫在眉睫的危险，即监控本程序的与债务人相关联的人员将在该证据得到保全之前干预其保全。此类危险绝非臆测。若说本案充斥着债务人及其关联人员与证据开示相关的滥用行为，这甚至是一种低估。诚如本法院近期所详述：\n\n自受托人获任命以来，受托人非但未获得个人债务人的遵从与配合，反而面临着个人债务人、其家属、其关联人员及雇员，以及受托人指控由其控制的实体的持续抗拒、阻挠以及对法院命令的公然蔑视……最终，本法院已作出至少八项命令，裁定个人债务人、其女儿郭女士以及据称由个人债务人控制的实体因未能移交资产及滥用证据开示而构成藐视法庭……迄今为止，每一名藐视法庭者仍处于藐视法庭状态。在这些合并审理的第 11 章案件中，不履行法定职责……以及不遵守本法院命令的严重程度是极其罕见的。\n\n（引文省略。）In re Kwok，案号 22-50073 (JAM), 2024 WL 666646，第 *6 页（Bankr. D. Conn. 2024年2月15日）；参见 In re Kwok，案号 22-50073 (JAM), 2023 WL 186964，第 *19 页（Bankr. D. Conn. 2023年1月13日）（比上述记录早一年多的时间指出，受托人的调查“在该过程的每一步都遭遇了反对”）。在证据得到保全之前对主动议予以密封将减轻此类危险。\n\n12. 第三，对受托人请求保全之证据的保全工作进行干预，将损害并妨碍受托人为了债权人和破产财产的利益对债务人资产进行的调查。\n\n13. 最后，拟议的密封主动议的裁定具有有限的时间期限，规定将向美国受托人及委员会的律师提供主动议的未删节副本，并且经过严格限定以确保其不会超出保全证据所必需的时间。参见例如 Commodity Futures Trading Commission 诉 Bolze 案，案号 3:09-CV-88, 2009 WL 605248，第 *1 页（E.D. Tenn. 2009年3月3日）（为了“（1）防止隐匿和挥霍资产；（2）防止销毁本案中的文件”的利益密封全部案卷和卷宗，直至“（1）本裁定作出后 72 小时，或（2）原告向法院提供起诉书已送达被告……的通知，二者中以较早发生者为准”）。\n\n14. 归根结底，受托人主张，对主动议予以临时密封提交将确保主动议的目的——保全该证据——不致落空。\n\n15. 基于所有前述理由，受托人请求获准密封提交主动议。基于相同理由，受托人进一步请求本法院裁定对主动议的任何答辩均予以密封提交。\n\n为此，本法院应当批准本动议，并给予公正和适当的其他救济。\n\n康涅狄格州纽黑文\n\n日期：2024年7月11日 LUC A. DESPINS，第 11 章受托人\n\n签署人：/s/ Dennis M. Carnelli Dennis M. Carnelli (ct30050) Patrick R. Linsey (ct29437) Douglas S. Skalka (ct00616) NEUBERT, PEPE & MONTEITH, P.C. 195 Church Street, 13th Floor New Haven, Connecticut 06510 (203) 821-2000 [dcarnelli@npmlaw.com] [plinsey@npmlaw.com] [dskalka@npmlaw.com]\nUNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT BRIDGEPORT DIVISION（美国康涅狄格州破产法院布里奇波特分院）\n\n----------------------------------------------------------------　x\n\n关于：　:\n:　第 11 章\n\nHO WAN KWOK（郭文贵），\n等，　:\n:　案号 22-50073 (JAM)\n债务人。　:\n:　（合并审理）\n\nx\n送达证明\n\n下述署名人特此证明，于 2024年7月11日，前述动议及拟议裁定已通过电子方式提交。本提交事项的通知将通过法院电子提交系统的运行以电子邮件形式发送给所有各方，或根据电子提交通知通过邮寄方式发送给无法接受电子提交的任何人。各方可通过法院系统查阅本提交文件。前述文件已按照就主动议提交的送达证明中所载明的方式进一步予以送达。\n\n1 本第 11 章案件中的债务人为 Ho Wan Kwok（郭文贵，亦称郭文贵、Miles Guo、Miles Kwok 以及其他诸多化名）（纳税人识别号后四位：9595）、Genever Holdings LLC（纳税人识别号后四位：8202）以及 Genever Holdings Corporation。受托人、Genever Holdings LLC 和 Genever Holdings Corporation 的邮寄地址为 Paul Hastings LLP, 200 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10166 c/o Luc A. Despins, as Trustee for the Estate of Ho Wan Kwok（仅用于接收通知和联络）。\n\n康涅狄格州纽黑文（New Haven, Connecticut）\n\n日期：2024年7月11日 LUC A. DESPINS，第 11 章受托人\n\n签署人：/s/ Dennis M. Carnelli Dennis M. Carnelli (ct30050) Patrick R. Linsey (ct29437) Douglas S. Skalka (ct00616) NEUBERT, PEPE & MONTEITH, P.C. 195 Church Street, 13th Floor New Haven, Connecticut 06510 (203) 821-2000 [dcarnelli@npmlaw.com] [plinsey@npmlaw.com] [dskalka@npmlaw.com]\n\n证据 A\n\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----------------------------------------------------------------　x\n\n关于：　:\n:　第 11 章\n\nHO WAN KWOK,\n等人，　:\n:　案号：22-50073 (JAM)\n债务人。　:\n:\n:　（合并审理）\n----------------------------------------------------------------　x\n\n【拟定】准许第 11 章受托人关于对证据保全裁定动议予以封存之动议的裁定\n\n经审议第 11 章受托人 Luc A. Despins（下称“受托人”）请求批准对《第 11 章受托人关于证据保全裁定的动议》（下称“主动议”）予以密封提交的动议（下称“封存动议”），且已有充分理由说明，并且法院认定本裁定所规定的主动议密封提交系为实现上述目的而量身定制，本法院特此\n\n裁定：封存动议按本裁定所列条款予以准许；并进一步\n\n裁定：授权受托人密封提交未经删节版本的主动议及其任何随附证据，该等文件应保持封存状态，且除本裁定另有规定外，不得向公众公开；并进一步\n\n1 本第 11 章案件中的债务人为 Ho Wan Kwok（郭文贵，亦称郭文贵、Miles Guo、Miles Kwok 以及其他诸多化名）（纳税人识别号后四位：9595）、Genever Holdings LLC（纳税人识别号后四位：8202）以及 Genever Holdings Corporation。受托人、Genever Holdings LLC 和 Genever Holdings Corporation 的邮寄地址为 Paul Hastings LLP, 200 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10166 c/o Luc A. Despins, as Trustee for the Estate of Ho Wan Kwok（仅用于接收通知和联络）。\n\n裁定：对主动议的任何答辩文件（下称“答辩”）均应密封提交并保持封存状态，且除本裁定另有规定外，不得向公众公开；并进一步\n\n裁定：在法院作出对主动议进行全面裁决的任何裁定之日起二十一（21）日内，受托人应将主动议及任何答辩的未经删节副本提交至上述标题程序的公开诉讼记录中；并进一步\n\n裁定：受托人应在本裁定作出后二十四（24）小时内，将未经删节版本的主动议送达给 United States Trustee（美国受托人）的律师及 Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors（无担保债权人官方委员会）的律师；并进一步\n\n裁定：依据 11 U.S.C. § 107(c)(3)，美国受托人享有查阅本案诉讼记录中归档或提交给法院的任何信息和/或文件的法定完全访问权；美国受托人应遵守 11 U.S.C. § 107(c)(3)(B) 规定的义务；并进一步\n\n裁定：本裁定的各项条款和条件一经签署录入即刻生效并具有执行力；并进一步\n\n裁定：授权受托人采取一切必要行动以落实本裁定所准许的救济；并进一步\n\n裁定：法院保留对因解释或执行本裁定而产生的或与之相关的所有事项的管辖权。","key_entities":["Kwok","Ho Wan Kwok","Guo","Despins","Miles Guo","Paul Hastings"],"ecf_references":[{"doc_number":86,"court":"CTB"},{"doc_number":90,"court":"CTB"},{"doc_number":98,"court":"CTB"}],"word_count":2618,"status":"published","published_at":null,"created_at":null,"updated_at":"2026-08-23 13:24:47"}