{"id":"court_ctb_373_0","court":"CTB","case_no":"22-50073","doc_number":373,"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|        |              |                                                                       | : |                         |\n| In re: |              |                                                                       | : | Chapter 11              |\n|        |              |                                                                       | : |                         |\n|        | Ho Wan Kwok, |                                                                       | : | Case No. 22-50073 (JAM) |\n|        |              |                                                                       | : |                         |\n|        |              |                                                                       | : | Date:                   |\n|        |              | Debtor.1                                                              | : | Time:                   |\n|        |              |                                                                       | : |                         |\n|        |              | --------------------------------------------------------------------X |   |                         |\n\n## **DEBTOR'S MOTION FOR ORDER SHORTENING AND LIMITING NOTICE AND SCHEDULING A HEARING TO CONSIDER DEBTOR'S MOTION FOR PROTECTIVE ORDER**\n\n Mr. Ho Wan Kwok, the debtor and debtor-in-possession (\"Mr. Kwok\" or the \"Debtor\") in the above-captioned chapter 11 case, by and through his undersigned counsel, moves this Court, *ex parte*, for the entry of an order shortening notice and scheduling a hearing to consider Mr. Kwok's Motion for a Protective Order (Docket No. [ ]) (the \"Motion\") during the status conference on May 17, 2022, or at the Court's earliest convenience. In support of the Motion, Mr. Kwok states as follows:\n\n### **JURISDICTION, VENUE, AND BAISIS FOR RELIEF**\n\n1. This Court has jurisdiction to consider this Motion under 28 U.S.C. §§ 157 and 1334 and the *Standing Order of Reference* from the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut (as amended). This is a core proceeding under 28 U.S.C. § 157(b). Venue of this Chapter 11 Case and this Motion is proper in this District under 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). 3. The predicates for the relief requested\n\n<span id=\"page-0-0\"></span><sup>1</sup> The Debtor is known by the following names: Guo Wengui; Miles Guo; Miles Kwok; and Ho Wan Kwok.\n\nherein 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**\n\n3. On February 15, 2022 (the \"Petition Date\"), the Debtor commenced the Chapter 11 Case by filing a voluntary petition for relief under Chapter 11 of Title 11 of the Bankruptcy Code.\n\n4. The Debtor is a debtor-in-possession pursuant to Bankruptcy Code sections 1107(a) and 1108.\n\n5. No trustee or examiner has been appointed in this Chapter 11 Case. On March 21, 2022, the Office of the United States Trustee for the District of Connecticut (the \"U.S. Trustee\") appointed the official committee of unsecured creditors pursuant to section 1102 of the Bankruptcy Code.\n\n6. On April 6, 2022 Pacific Asia Alliance Opportunity Fund, L.P. (\"PAX\") filed the Motion to Dismiss, seeking to dismiss this Chapter 11 case on numerous grounds. In support of the Motion to Dismiss, PAX has served numerous subpoenas on third parties for depositions and sought production of documents from such third parties. On April 22, 2022 PAX also served a notice of deposition of the Debtor (the \"Debtor Deposition Notice\") and requests for documents from the Debtor (the \"Debtor Document Requests\") and the Debtor's attorneys, Brown Rudnick LLP (the \"Brown Rudnick Document Requests\").\n\n7. Following objections by PAX and the office of the United States Trustee to the DIP Motion, the Court indicated it did not intend to approve the DIP Motion, and subsequently Golden Spring withdrew the proposed loan. This estate no longer has access to any source of funding for the payment of the administrative expenses of this bankruptcy. As a result, on May\n\n2\n\n11, 2022 the Debtor consented to the entry of an order dismissing this bankruptcy case as there was no longer any source of funds for the payment of the administrative expenses of the estate. *See* Dkt. No. 344 (the \"Consent to Motion to Dismiss\").\n\n8. Prior to the Consent to Motion to Dismiss, the Debtor and PAX had agreed that Mr. Kwok's deposition should be scheduled for May 19, 2022.\n\n#### **BASIS FOR RELIEF**\n\n9. By this motion, the Debtor 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\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. 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\n13. The Debtor does not seek to upend the Scheduling Order deadlines or cause the hearing on the Motion to Dismiss to be continued. The Debtor thus seeks expedited consideration of the Motion so that it may be heard and decided by the Court in time for all parties to prepare for the Motion to Dismiss. No party in interest will be prejudiced by shortening notice with regard to a hearing on the Motion. Indeed, shortening notice and\n\n3\n\nconducting an expedited hearing will permit the Motion to Dismiss hearing to proceed as scheduled.\n\n14. Pursuant to Fed. R. Bankr. P. 9007, the Debtor proposes that notice of the Motion be limited to the following parties (\"Notice Parties\"): a. The Office of the United States Trustee; and c. Counsel and appearing parties of record (including counsel for PAX and counsel for the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors).\n\n15. The Debtor 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. The Debtor requests that a hearing be scheduled to consider the Motion for Tuesday, May 17, 2022, the pre-existing status conference, or at the Court's earliest convenience.\n\n**WHEREFORE**, the Debtor respectfully requests the entry of the order submitted herewith scheduling a hearing on the Motion, and grant such other and further relief as this Court deems just and proper.\n\nDated: May 16, 2022\n\n#### **BROWN RUDNICK LLP**\n\nBy: /s/ *William R. Baldiga*  BROWN RUDNICK LLP 185 Asylum Street Hartford, CT 06103 Attn: Dylan Kletter, Esq. Telephone: (860) 509-6500 Facsimile: (860) 509-6653 Email: dkletter@brownrudnick.com\n\nSeven Times Square New York, NY 10036 Attn: William R. Baldiga, Esq. (*pro hac vice*) Attn: Jeffrey L. Jonas, Esq. (*pro hac vice*)\n\n4\n\nAttn: Bennet S. Silverberg, Esq. (*pro hac vice*) Attn: Kenneth J. Aulet, Esq. (*pro hac vice*) Telephone: (212) 209-4800 Facsimile: (212) 209-4801 Email: wbaldiga@brownrudnick.com jjonas@brownrudnick.com bsilverberg@brownrudnick.com kaulet@brownrudnick.com\n\n## **UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT BRIDGEPORT DIVISION**\n\n:\n\n:\n\n:\n\n:\n\nDebtor.[1](#page-5-0)\n\n:\n\nIn re: : Chapter 11\n\nHo Wan Kwok, : Case No. 22-50073\n\n## **CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE**\n\nI, Kenneth J. Aulet, hereby certify that on the 16th day of May, 2022, the Ex Parte Motion to Shorten Notice and Schedule a Hearing to Consider the Debtor's Motion for Protective Order was sent by e-mail to all appearing parties by operation of the Court's electronic filing system\n\nDated: May 16, 2022\n\n#### **BROWN RUDNICK LLP**\n\nBy: /s/ *Kenneth J. Aulet*  BROWN RUDNICK LLP 185 Asylum Street Hartford, CT 06103 Attn: Dylan Kletter, Esq. Telephone: (860) 509-6500 Facsimile: (860) 509-6653 Email: dkletter@brownrudnick.com\n\nSeven Times Square New York, NY 10036 Attn: William R. Baldiga, Esq. (*pro hac vice*) Attn: Jeffrey L. Jonas, Esq. (*pro hac vice*) Attn: Bennet S. Silverberg, Esq. (*pro hac vice*) Attn: Kenneth J. Aulet, Esq. (*pro hac vice*) Telephone: (212) 209-4800 Facsimile: (212) 209-4801\n\n<span id=\"page-5-0\"></span><sup>1</sup> The Debtor is known by the following names: Guo Wengui; Miles Guo; Miles Kwok; and Ho Wan Kwok.\n\nEmail: wbaldiga@brownrudnick.com jjonas@brownrudnick.com bsilverberg@brownrudnick.com kaulet@brownrudnick.com\n\n## **UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT BRIDGEPORT DIVISION**\n\n:\n\n:\n\n:\n\n Debtor.[1](#page-7-0) :\n\n:\n\nIn re: : Chapter 11\n\nHo Wan Kwok, : Case No. 22-50073\n\n### **ORDER SHORTENING AND LIMITING NOTICE AND SCHEDULING A HEARING TO CONSIDER THE DEBTOR'S MOTION FOR PROTECTIVE ORDER**\n\nThe Ex Parte Motion (the \"Ex Parte Motion\") to Shorten Notice and Schedule a Hearing to Consider the Debtor's Motion for Protective Order, filed on May 16, 2022, by the Debtor having been considered, and there appearing due and sufficient cause to grant the relief sought therein, it is hereby\n\n**ORDERED** that the Ex Parte Motion is **GRANTED**; and it is further\n\n**ORDERED** that the hearing to consider the Debtor's Motion for Protective Order is scheduled for Tuesday, May 17, 2022, at 3:00 p.m., at the United States Bankruptcy Court, 915 Lafayette Boulevard, Bridgeport, CT 06604; and it is further\n\n**ORDERED** that the Debtor shall forthwith serve a copy of this Order to: a. The Office of the United States Trustee; b. Counsel and appearing parties of record (including counsel for PAX (as defined in the Ex Parte Motion) and counsel for the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors), 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, on or before May 17, 2022.\n\n<span id=\"page-7-0\"></span><sup>1</sup> The Debtor is known by the following names: Guo Wengui; Miles Guo; Miles Kwok; and Ho Wan Kwok.","body_zh":"United States Bankruptcy Court District of Connecticut Bridgeport Division（美国康涅狄格区联邦破产法院布里奇波特分部）\n\n案件案由：　:　第 11 章\n\nHo Wan Kwok（郭文贵），　:　案号：22-50073 (JAM)\n\n:　日期：\n债务人。1　:　时间：\n\n债务人关于缩短并限制通知期限以及排定听证会审议债务人保护令动议的动议\n\n上述第 11 章案件中的债务人及占有中债务人 Ho Wan Kwok 先生（“郭先生”或“债务人”）通过其下列署名律师，依单方程序向本法院提出动议，请求作出命令，缩短通知期限，并排定在 2022年5月17日 的案件进展会议期间或在法院最早可行的方便时间举行听证会，以审议郭先生的保护令动议（案卷号：[ ]）（下称“本动议”）。为支持本动议，郭先生陈述如下：\n\n管辖权、审判地及救济依据\n\n1. 本法院依据 28 U.S.C. §§ 157 和 1334 以及 United States District Court for the District of Connecticut（美国康涅狄格区联邦地方法院）的移送现行命令（及其修正案）具有审议本动议的管辖权。根据 28 U.S.C. § 157(b)，本案属于核心程序。根据 28 U.S.C. §§ 1408 和 1409，本第 11 章案件及本动议的审判地在本司法区是适当的。\n\n2. 本动议涉及下文所定义的驳回动议，依据 28 U.S.C. § 157(b)(2)(A)，该程序属于核心程序。\n\n1 债务人有以下别名：Guo Wengui；Miles Guo；Miles Kwok；以及 Ho Wan Kwok。\n\n3. 本文所请求救济的法律依据为 United States Bankruptcy Code（美国破产法典）（11 U.S.C. §§ 101 et seq.）第 105 条，以及 Fed. R. Bankr. P. 9007 和 9006(c)(1)。\n\n背景\n\n3. 2022年2月15日（“申请日”），债务人通过根据破产法典第 11 篇第 11 章提交自愿救济申请书，启动了本第 11 章案件。\n\n4. 根据破产法典第 1107(a) 条和第 1108 条，债务人为占有中债务人。\n\n5. 本第 11 章案件中未指定破产受托人或审查员。2022年3月21日，Office of the United States Trustee for the District of Connecticut（美国康涅狄格区联邦受托人办公室）（“联邦受托人”）根据破产法典第 1102 条指定了无担保债权人官方委员会。\n\n6. 2022年4月6日，Pacific Asia Alliance Opportunity Fund, L.P.（太平洋亚洲联盟机会基金有限合伙，“PAX”）提交了驳回动议，基于多项理由请求驳回本第 11 章案件。为支持驳回动议，PAX 已向第三方送达了多份录取庭外宣誓证言的传票，并要求这些第三方提供文件。2022年4月22日，PAX 还送达了一份对债务人录取庭外宣誓证言的通知（“债务人宣誓证言通知”），以及向债务人索取文件的请求（“债务人文件请求”）和向债务人的律师事务所 Brown Rudnick LLP（布朗鲁德尼克律师事务所）索取文件的请求（“Brown Rudnick 文件请求”）。\n\n7. 在 PAX 和联邦受托人办公室对 DIP 动议提出异议后，法院表示不打算批准 DIP 动议，随后 Golden Spring 撤回了拟议贷款。本破产财团不再拥有支付本破产案行政费用的任何资金来源。因此，2022年5月11日，由于不再有任何资金来源用于支付破产财团的行政管理费用，债务人同意法院作出驳回本破产案件的裁定。参见案卷号 344（“同意驳回动议”）。\n\n8. 在同意驳回动议之前，债务人与 PAX 已达成一致，郭先生的庭外宣誓证言应定于 2022年5月19日 进行。\n\n救济依据\n\n9. 债务人通过本动议，请求作出命令，缩短本动议的通知期限并排定加急听证会以审议本动议。\n\n10. Fed. R. Bankr. P. 9006(c)(1) 规定，除第 (c)(2) 款明确禁止的情形外，“当依据法院命令要求或允许在规定时间……完成某项行为时，法院因正当理由，可依其裁量权在有或无动议或通知的情况下下令缩短该期限。”\n\n11. 此外，依据 Fed. R. Bankr. P. 9007，法院具有规定和规范通知的一般权力。\n\n12. 存在缩短并限制所需通知期限以及缩减就本动议举行听证会的时间的正当理由。关于驳回动议的证据听证会定于 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会。\n\n13. 债务人无意打破日程排定命令的截止日期，亦无意导致驳回动议的听证会被延期。因此，债务人请求加急审议本动议，以便法院能够得以及时审理并裁决，使各方当事人有时间为驳回动议做准备。缩短本动议听证会的通知期限不会对任何利害关系方造成不利影响。事实上，缩短通知期限并举行加急听证会将使驳回动议听证会能够按计划进行。\n\n14. 依据 Fed. R. Bankr. P. 9007，债务人提议将本动议的通知对象限制为以下当事方（“受通知方”）：a. 联邦受托人办公室；以及 c. 记录在案的出庭律师和当事人（包括 PAX 的律师以及无担保债权人官方委员会的律师）。\n\n15. 债务人进一步提议，通过电子邮件、通过法院的 ECF 系统向出庭律师和当事人发送，或直接发送至记录在案的电子邮件地址，或者在电子邮件不可行的情况下通过传真向所有受通知方发出通知。债务人请求将审议本动议的听证会排定在 2022年5月17日星期二（即原已确定的案件进展会议时间），或在法院最早可行的方便时间举行。\n\n为此，债务人谨请求法院作出随本动议一并提交的排定本动议听证会的命令，并给予本法院认为公正和适当的其他及进一步的救济。\n\n日期：2022年5月16日\nBrown Rudnick LLP\n\n签署人：/s/ William R. Baldiga\nBrown Rudnick LLP\n185 Asylum Street\nHartford, CT 06103\n收件人：Dylan Kletter, Esq.\n电话：(860) 509-6500\n传真：(860) 509-6653\n电子邮件：dkletter@brownrudnick.com\n\nSeven Times Square\nNew York, NY 10036\n收件人：William R. Baldiga, Esq.（特许出庭律师）\n收件人：Jeffrey L. Jonas, Esq.（特许出庭律师）\n收件人：Bennet S. Silverberg, Esq.（特许出庭律师）\n收件人：Kenneth J. Aulet, Esq.（特许出庭律师）\n电话：(212) 209-4800\n传真：(212) 209-4801\n电子邮件：wbaldiga@brownrudnick.com\njjonas@brownrudnick.com\nbsilverberg@brownrudnick.com\nkaulet@brownrudnick.com\n\n美国康涅狄格区联邦破产法院布里奇波特分部\n\n债务人。1\n\n:\n\n案件案由：: 第 11 章\n\nHo Wan Kwok，: 案号：22-50073\n\n送达证明书\n\n我，Kenneth J. Aulet，特此证明，于 2022年5月16日，通过本法院电子归档系统的运行，已通过电子邮件向所有出庭当事方送达了《关于缩短通知期限并排定听证会审议债务人保护令动议的单方动议》。\n\n日期：2022年5月16日\nBrown Rudnick LLP\n\n签署人：/s/ Kenneth J. Aulet\nBrown Rudnick LLP\n185 Asylum Street\nHartford, CT 06103\n收件人：Dylan Kletter, Esq.\n电话：(860) 509-6500\n传真：(860) 509-6653\n电子邮件：dkletter@brownrudnick.com\n\nSeven Times Square\nNew York, NY 10036\n收件人：William R. Baldiga, Esq.（特许出庭律师）\n收件人：Jeffrey L. Jonas, Esq.（特许出庭律师）\n收件人：Bennet S. Silverberg, Esq.（特许出庭律师）\n收件人：Kenneth J. Aulet, Esq.（特许出庭律师）\n电话：(212) 209-4800\n传真：(212) 209-4801\n\n1 债务人有以下别名：Guo Wengui；Miles Guo；Miles Kwok；以及 Ho Wan Kwok。\n\n电子邮件：wbaldiga@brownrudnick.com\njjonas@brownrudnick.com\nbsilverberg@brownrudnick.com\nkaulet@brownrudnick.com\n\n美国康涅狄格区联邦破产法院布里奇波特分部\n\n债务人。1 :\n\n:\n\n案件案由：: 第 11 章\n\nHo Wan Kwok，: 案号：22-50073\n\n关于缩短并限制通知期限以及排定听证会审议债务人保护令动议的命令\n\n债务人于 2022年5月16日 提交的《关于缩短通知期限并排定听证会审议债务人保护令动议的单方动议》（下称“单方动议”）经审议，且准予其中所请求之救济具有充分及正当理由，特此\n\n命令：单方动议予以准许；并进一步\n\n命令：审议债务人保护令动议的听证会排定于 2022年5月17日星期二下午3:00，在位于 915 Lafayette Boulevard, Bridgeport, CT 06604 的美国破产法院举行；并进一步\n\n命令：债务人应立即于 2022年5月17日 当日或之前，通过电子邮件、通过法院的 ECF 系统向出庭律师和当事人，或直接发送至记录在案的电子邮件地址，或者在电子邮件不可行的情况下通过传真，向下列人员送达本命令的副本：a. 联邦受托人办公室；b. 记录在案的出庭律师和当事人（包括单方动议中所定义的 PAX 的律师以及无担保债权人官方委员会的律师）。\n\n1 债务人有以下别名：Guo Wengui；Miles Guo；Miles Kwok；以及 Ho Wan Kwok。","key_entities":["Kwok","Ho Wan Kwok","Guo","Miles Guo","Je"],"ecf_references":[{"doc_number":344,"court":"CTB"}],"word_count":1596,"status":"published","published_at":null,"created_at":null,"updated_at":"2026-08-23 12:58:12"}