{"id":"court_ctb_343_0","court":"CTB","case_no":"22-50073","doc_number":343,"sub_number":0,"doc_type":"MOTION","filed_date":null,"title":"UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT BRIDGEPORT DIVISION In re:","summary_zh":null,"summary_en":null,"body_en":"# **UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT BRIDGEPORT DIVISION**\n\nIn re:\n\nChapter 11\n\nHO WAN KWOK,\n\nDebtor.\n\nCase No: 22-50073 (JAM)\n\n# **EX PARTE MOTION TO SHORTEN AND LIMIT NOTICE AND SCHEDULE AN EXPEDITED HEARING ON MEI GUO'S MOTION FOR PROTECTIVE ORDER**\n\nParty in interest Mei Guo (\"Ms. Guo\"), hereby moves this Court, *ex parte*, for the entry of an order shortening notice and scheduling a hearing to consider Ms. Guo's Motion for Protective Order (Doc. No. 342) (the \"Motion\") during the afternoon of May 12, 2022, or at the Court's earliest convenience. In support of this Motion, Ms. Guo respectfully represents as follows:\n\n# **JURISDICTION, VENUE, AND BASIS FOR RELIEF**\n\n1. The Court has jurisdiction over this Motion pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 157 and 1334. Venue of the Debtor's Chapter 11 case and this Motion are proper in this District pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 1408 and 1409.\n\n2. The Motion relates to the Motion to Dismiss (as defined below), which is a core proceeding pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 157(b)(2)(A).\n\n3. The predicates for the relief requested herein are Section 105 of the United States Bankruptcy Code (11 U.S.C. §§ 101 et seq.), and Fed. R. Bankr. P. 9007 and 9006(c)(1).\n\n# **BACKGROUND INFORMATION**\n\n4. The Debtor commenced this case on February 15, 2022.\n\n5. On April 6, 2022, the Debtor's largest creditor, Pacific Alliance Asia Opportunity Fund, L.P. (\"PAX\"), filed a motion to dismiss the Debtor's case (the \"Motion to Dismiss\"), ECF 183.\n\n6. On April 28, 2022, a Scheduling Order entered setting an evidentiary hearing on the Motion to Dismiss for May 25 and 26, 2022, and requiring the parties to submit witness and exhibit lists by May 20, 2022. (*See* ECF 274).\n\n7. In connection with the Motion to Dismiss PAX has noticed the deposition of Hong Kong International Funds Investments (USA) LLC (\"HKI Delaware\") pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 30(b)(6), which is applicable to this proceeding pursuant to Fed. R. Bankr. 9014, and subpoenaed the deposition of Ms. Guo pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 45, which is applicable to this proceeding under Fed. R. Bankr. 9016. Ms. Guo will testify as the corporate designee of HKI Delaware. Both depositions have been scheduled for May 16, 2022 (hereinafter the \"Deposition\").\n\n8. On May 10, 2022, Ms. Guo filed the Motion, seeking an Order granting certain procedural safeguards related to Ms. Guo's appearance at the Deposition in order to protect her personal safety and security for the reasons detailed in the Motion. Simply stated, for years Ms. Gou has been the target of physical threats and intimidation by persons who clearly are closely monitoring litigation in which the Debtor is or has been involved and his Chapter 11 Case.\n\n#### **RELIEF REQUESTED**\n\n9. By this motion, Ms. Guo seeks an order shortening notice of and scheduling an expedited hearing to consider the Motion.\n\n10. Fed. R. Bankr. P. 9006(c)(1) provides that, except to the extent specifically precluded by subsection(c)(2), \"when an act is required or allowed to be done at or within a specified time . . . by order of the court, the court for cause shown may in its discretion with or without motion or notice order the period reduced.\"\n\n2\n\n11. Furthermore, pursuant to Fed. R. Bankr. P. 9007, the Court has general authority to prescribe and regulate notice.\n\n12. Cause exists to shorten and limit the notice required and reduce the time in which a hearing is to be held with respect to the Motion.\n\n13. An evidentiary hearing on the Motion to Dismiss is scheduled to begin on May 25, 2022, and the parties to that motion are preparing for the hearing on an expedited basis.\n\n14. Ms. Guo does not seek to upend the Scheduling Order deadlines or cause the hearing on the Motion to Dismiss to be continued. Ms. Guo thus seeks expedited consideration of the Motion so that it may be heard and decided by the Court and the Deposition may be conducted as scheduled on May 16, 2022, with appropriate safeguards as ordered by the Court.\n\n15. No party in interest will be prejudiced by shortening notice with regard to a hearing on the Motion. Indeed, shortening notice and conducting an expedited hearing will permit the Deposition and the Motion to Dismiss hearing to proceed as scheduled.\n\n16. Pursuant to Fed. R. Bankr. P. 9007, Ms. Guo proposes that notice of the Motion be limited to the following parties (\"Notice Parties\"):\n\na. The Debtor;\n\nb. The Office of the United States Trustee; and\n\nc. Counsel and appearing parties of record (including counsel for PAX and counsel for the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors).\n\n17. Ms. Guo further proposes that notice be sent to all Notice Parties via electronic mail, through the Court's ECF system to appearing counsel and parties or directly to email addresses of record, or where electronic mail is not feasible via facsimile transmission.\n\n3\n\n18. Ms. Guo requests that a hearing be scheduled to consider the Motion for **Thursday, May 12, 2022**, at 2:00 pm, or at the Court's earliest convenience.\n\n**WHEREFORE**, Ms. Guo respectfully requests that the Court enter the order submitted herewith scheduling a hearing on the Motion, and grant such other and further relief as this Court\n\ndeems just and proper.\n\nDated at Bridgeport, Connecticut this 10th day of May, 2022.\n\nMEI GUO\n\nBy: */s/ Aaron A. Romney, Esq.* Stephen M. Kindseth (ct14640) Aaron A. Romney (ct28144) Zeisler & Zeisler, P.C. 10 Middle Street, 15th Floor Bridgeport, CT 06604 (203) 368-4234 (203) 368-5473 (fax) Email: [skindseth@zeislaw.com](mailto:skindseth@zeislaw.com) [aromney@zeislaw.com](mailto:aromney@zeislaw.com) Its Attorneys\n\n# **UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT BRIDGEPORT DIVISION**\n\nIn re:\n\nHO WAN KWOK,\n\nChapter 11\n\nCase No: 22-50073 (JAM)\n\nDebtor.\n\n# **CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE**\n\nI, Aaron A. Romney, hereby certify that on the 10th day of May, 2022, the Ex Parte Motion to Shorten Notice and Schedule a Hearing to Consider party in interest Mei Guo's Motion for Protective Order was sent by e-mail to all appearing parties by operation of the Court's electronic filing system.\n\n# MEI GUO\n\nBy:*/s/ Aaron A. Romney*\n\nAaron A. Romney (ct28144) Zeisler & Zeisler, P. C. 10 Middle Street 15th Floor Bridgeport, CT 06604 Tel: (203) 368-4234 Fax: (203) 367-9678 Email:aromney@zeislaw.com Its attorneys","body_zh":"UNITED 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关于：\n\n第 11 章\n\nHO WAN KWOK（郭文贵），\n\n债务人。\n\n案号：22-50073 (JAM)\n关于缩短并限制通知期限及就 MEI GUO（郭美）保护令动议安排加急听证的单方动议\n\n利害关系方 Mei Guo（郭美，下称「郭女士」）特此单方向本法院提出动议，请求作出裁定，缩短通知期限并安排在 2022年5月12日 下午或在法院最早方便的时间举行听证，以审理郭女士的《保护令动议》（文件号 342）（下称「该动议」）。为支持本动议，郭女士谨陈述如下：\n管辖权、审判地及救济依据\n\n1. 根据 28 U.S.C. §§ 157 及 1334，本法院对本动议具有管辖权。根据 28 U.S.C. §§ 1408 及 1409，债务人的第 11 章案件及本动议在本司法区的审判地均属适当。\n\n2. 本动议与下文定义的《驳回动议》相关，根据 28 U.S.C. § 157(b)(2)(A)，该程序属于核心程序。\n\n3. 本文所请求救济的依据为《美国破产法典》（11 U.S.C. §§ 101 et seq.）第 105 条，以及《联邦破产诉讼程序规则》（Fed. R. Bankr. P.）第 9007 条和第 9006(c)(1) 条。\n背景信息\n\n4. 债务人于 2022年2月15日 提起本案。\n\n5. 2022年4月6日，债务人的最大债权人 Pacific Alliance Asia Opportunity Fund, L.P.（太盟亚洲机会基金有限公司，下称「PAX」）提交了驳回债务人案件的动议（下称「驳回动议」），ECF 183。\n\n6. 2022年4月28日，法院录入了一份《日程安排令》，确定于 2022年5月25日 和 26日 就《驳回动议》举行证据听证，并要求各方在 2022年5月20日 之前提交证人及证据清单。（见 ECF 274）。\n\n7. 关于《驳回动议》，PAX 根据《联邦民事诉讼程序规则》（Fed. R. Civ. P.）第 30(b)(6) 条（依据 Fed. R. Bankr. 9014 适用于本程序）发出了对 Hong Kong International Funds Investments (USA) LLC（香港国际基金投资（美国）有限责任公司，下称「HKI Delaware」）的采录口供通知，并根据 Fed. R. Civ. P. 第 45 条（依据 Fed. R. Bankr. 9016 适用于本程序）传唤郭女士进行口供采录。郭女士将作为 HKI Delaware 的法人指定代表作证。两项口供采录均已安排于 2022年5月16日 进行（以下统称「该口供采录」）。\n\n8. 2022年5月10日，郭女士提交了该动议，出于该动议中所详述的理由，请求法院作出命令，给予与郭女士出席该口供采录相关的特定程序保障，以保护其人身安全与安保。简而言之，多年来郭女士一直是人身威胁和恐吓的目标，施害者显然在密切监视债务人正在或曾经卷入的诉讼及其第 11 章案件。\n请求的救济\n\n9. 通过本动议，郭女士请求法院作出命令，缩短通知期限并安排加急听证以审理该动议。\n\n10. Fed. R. Bankr. P. 9006(c)(1) 规定，除第 (c)(2) 款明确排除的情形外，「当某项行为依法院命令被要求或允许在指定时间内或指定期限内完成时……法院在有正当理由的情况下，可依其裁量权，在有或没有动议或通知的情况下，命令缩短该期限。」\n\n11. 此外，根据 Fed. R. Bankr. P. 9007，法院享有规定和规管通知的一般权力。\n\n12. 存在缩短并限制所要求的通知期限、以及减少就该动议举行听证的时间的正当理由。\n\n13. 关于《驳回动议》的证据听证定于 2022年5月25日 开始，该动议的各方当事人正在加急准备听证。\n\n14. 郭女士并不寻求推翻《日程安排令》的截止期限，亦不寻求导致《驳回动议》的听证被延期。因此，郭女士寻求对该动议进行加急审理，以便法院能够审理并裁决该动议，并且使该口供采录能够在法院命令的适当保障措施下，按原定计划于 2022年5月16日 进行。\n\n15. 缩短关于该动议听证的通知期限不会损害任何利害关系方的利益。事实上，缩短通知期限并举行加急听证将使该口供采录及《驳回动议》听证能够如期进行。\n\n16. 根据 Fed. R. Bankr. P. 9007，郭女士建议该动议的通知仅限于以下各方（「通知方」）：\n\na. 债务人；\n\nb. United States Trustee（美国受托人办公室）；以及\n\nc. 记录在案的律师及出庭当事人（包括 PAX 的律师以及无担保债权人官方委员会的律师）。\n\n17. 郭女士进一步建议，向所有通知方发送通知的方式为：通过电子邮件，经由法院的 ECF 系统发送给有出庭记录的律师和当事人，或直接发送至记录在案的电子邮件地址；在电子邮件不可行的情况下，通过传真发送。\n\n18. 郭女士请求将审理该动议的听证安排在 2022年5月12日星期四下午2:00，或在法院最早方便的时间举行。\n\n为此，郭女士谨请求法院作出随本动议一并提交的关于安排该动议听证的命令，并给予本法院认为公正且适当的其他及进一步救济。\n\n2022年5月10日 订于康涅狄格州布里奇波特。\n\nMEI GUO（郭美）\n\n签署人：/s/ 亚伦·A·罗姆尼 律师\nStephen M. Kindseth（斯蒂芬·M·金塞斯，ct14640）\nAaron A. Romney（亚伦·A·罗姆尼，ct28144）\nZeisler & Zeisler, P.C.\n10 Middle Street, 15th Floor\nBridgeport, CT 06604\n(203) 368-4234\n(203) 368-5473（传真）\n电子邮件：[skindseth@zeislaw.com] [aromney@zeislaw.com]\n其代理律师\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关于：\n\nHO WAN KWOK（郭文贵），\n\n第 11 章\n\n案号：22-50073 (JAM)\n\n债务人。\n\n送达证明\n\n本人 Aaron A. Romney（亚伦·A·罗姆尼）特此证明，于 2022年5月10日，已通过法院电子归档系统的运作，以电子邮件方式向所有出庭方送达了《关于缩短通知期限及就利害关系方 Mei Guo（郭美）保护令动议安排听证的单方动议》。\n\nMEI GUO（郭美）\n\n签署人：/s/ 亚伦·A·罗姆尼\n\nAaron A. Romney（亚伦·A·罗姆尼，ct28144）\nZeisler & Zeisler, P. C.\n10 Middle Street 15th Floor\nBridgeport, CT 06604\n电话：(203) 368-4234\n传真：(203) 367-9678\n电子邮件：aromney@zeislaw.com\n其代理律师","key_entities":["Guo","Kwok","Ho Wan Kwok"],"ecf_references":[{"doc_number":183,"court":"CTB"},{"doc_number":274,"court":"CTB"}],"word_count":1043,"status":"published","published_at":null,"created_at":null,"updated_at":"2026-08-23 12:40:16"}