{"id":"court_ctb_3805_0","court":"CTB","case_no":"22-50073","doc_number":3805,"sub_number":0,"doc_type":"MOTION","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>:<br>Chapter 11                                                 |\n| 1<br>HO WAN KWOK,<br>et al.,                                                                                              |            | :<br>:<br>Case No. 22-50073 (JAM)                                    |\n|                                                                                                                           | Debtors.   | :<br>:<br>(Jointly Administered)<br>:                                |\n| -----------------------------------------------------------<br>LUC A. DESPINS, CHAPTER 11<br>TRUSTEE,<br>Plaintiff,<br>v. |            | x<br>:<br>:<br>:<br>:<br>Adv. Proceeding No. 24-05187<br>:<br>:<br>: |\n| WILDES & WEINBERG P.C.,                                                                                                   |            | :<br>:                                                               |\n|                                                                                                                           | Defendant. | :<br>:<br>:                                                          |\n| -----------------------------------------------------------                                                               |            | x                                                                    |\n\n#### **UNOPPOSED MOTION TO ADJOURN HEARING ON SEALED MOTION OF CHAPTER 11 TRUSTEE, PURSUANT TO BANKRUPTCY RULE 9019, REGARDING SETTLEMENT WITH WILDES & WEINBERG, P.C.**\n\nLuc A. Despins, in his capacity as Chapter 11 Trustee (the \"Trustee\") in the abovecaptioned chapter 11 case (the \"Chapter 11 Case\") of the debtor Ho Wan Kwok (the \"Debtor\"), and plaintiff in the above-captioned adversary proceeding (the \"Adversary Proceeding\"), hereby respectfully moves (the \"Motion\"), without opposition, to adjourn the hearing scheduled on the\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\nTrustee's *Sealed Motion Pursuant to Bankruptcy Rule 9019 Regarding Settlement with Wildes & Weinberg, P.C.* in the Chapter 11 Case and in the Adversary Proceeding [Main Case ECF No. 3559, Adv. ECF No. 14] (the \"9019 Motion\"), from November 19, 2024, to December 10, 2024. In support of the Motion, the Trustee respectfully states the following:\n\nThe Motion is presently scheduled to be heard on November 19, 2024, at 1 p.m. (the \"Hearing\"), the deadline to object to the Motion was November 6, 2024 (and thus has passed), and the Trustee's deadline to reply (the \"Reply Deadline\") to the limited objections to the motion filed by G Club Operations LLC and the United States Trustee [Main Case ECF Nos. 3633, 3641] (the \"Objections\") is November 14, 2024. *See Order Adjourning Hearing and Setting Reply Deadline as to Sealed Motion Pursuant to Bankruptcy Rule 9019 Regarding Settlement with Wildes & Weinberg, P.C.* [Main Case ECF No. 3764, Adv. ECF No. 20]. In light of other deadlines and obligations in connection with this Chapter 11 Case, and to provide additional time for the Trustee to discuss this matter with the United States Trustee, the Trustee respectfully requests that the hearing be adjourned to December 10, 2024, at 1 p.m., and that the Trustee's Reply Deadline be adjourned to December 5, 2024. The Trustee has inquired with counsel for Wildes & Weinberg, P.C., the United States Trustee, and G Club Operations LLC, and has confirmed that none objects to the adjournments requested by this Motion.\n\n#### *[REMAINDER OF THIS PAGE IS INTENTIONALLY BLANK.]*\n\nWHEREFORE, for the foregoing reasons, the Court should grant this Motion, and order such other and further relief as is just and proper.\n\n| Dated: | November 11, 2024      | LUC A. DESPINS,    |\n|--------|------------------------|--------------------|\n|        | New Haven, Connecticut | CHAPTER 11 TRUSTEE |\n\nBy: */s/ Patrick R. Linsey*\n\nPatrick R. Linsey (ct29437) NEUBERT, PEPE & MONTEITH, P.C. 195 Church Street, 13th Floor New Haven, Connecticut 06510 (203) 781-2847 plinsey@npmlaw.com\n\n*and*\n\nNicholas A. Bassett *(pro hac vice* pending) PAUL HASTINGS LLP 2050 M Street NW Washington, D.C., 20036 (202) 551-1902 nicholasbassett@paulhastings.com\n\n*and*\n\nDouglass Barron (*pro hac vice* pending) PAUL HASTINGS LLP 200 Park Avenue New York, New York 10166 (212) 318-6690 douglassbarron@paulhastings.com\n\n*Counsel for the Chapter 11 Trustee*\n\n## **UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT BRIDGEPORT DIVISION**\n\n| -----------------------------------------------------------<br>x                                                                    |\n|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|\n| :<br>:<br>Chapter 11                                                                                                                |\n| :<br>:<br>Case No. 22-50073 (JAM)                                                                                                   |\n| :<br>:<br>(Jointly Administered)<br>:                                                                                               |\n| -----------------------------------------------------------<br>x<br>:<br>:<br>:<br>:<br>Adv. Proceeding No. 24-05187<br>:<br>:<br>: |\n| :<br>:                                                                                                                              |\n| :<br>:<br>:<br>-----------------------------------------------------------<br>x                                                     |\n|                                                                                                                                     |\n\n### **[PROPOSED] ORDER GRANTING UNOPPOSED MOTION TO ADJOURN HEARING ON SEALED MOTION OF CHAPTER 11 TRUSTEE, PURSUANT TO BANKRUPTCY RULE 9019, REGARDING SETTLEMENT WITH WILDES & WEINBERG, P.C.**\n\nUpon the motion (the \"Motion\") of Luc A. Despins, in his capacity as Chapter 11 Trustee (the \"Trustee\") in the above-captioned chapter 11 case (the \"Chapter 11 Case\") of the debtor Ho Wan Kwok (the \"Debtor\"), and plaintiff in the above-captioned adversary proceeding (the \"Adversary Proceeding\"), to adjourn the hearing scheduled on the Trustee's *Sealed Motion*\n\n<span id=\"page-3-0\"></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*Pursuant to Bankruptcy Rule 9019 Regarding Settlement with Wildes & Weinberg, P.C.* in the Chapter 11 Case and in the Adversary Proceeding [Main Case ECF No. 3559, Adv. ECF No. 14] (the \"9019 Motion\") and the Trustee's deadline to reply to the limited objections filed by G Club Operations LLC and the United States Trustee [Main Case ECF Nos. 3633, 3641] (the \"Objections\"), and there being no opposition to the Motion by Wildes & Weinberg, P.C., the United States Trustee, or G Club Operations LLC, and it appearing that cause exists to grant the Motion, it is hereby **ORDERED**:\n\n1. The hearing on the 9019 Motion is adjourned to December 10, 2024, at 1 p.m., to be held at 915 Lafayette Blvd., Room 123, Courtroom, Bridgeport, CT 06604.\n\n2. If the Trustee submits a Reply, the Trustee shall file one consolidated memorandum which shall be no longer than fifteen (15) pages on or before December 5, 2024.\n\n3. Except as expressly modified by this Order, the Court's *Order Adjourning Hearing and Setting Reply Deadline as to Sealed Motion Pursuant to Bankruptcy Rule 9019 Regarding Settlement with Wildes & Weinberg, P.C.* [Main Case ECF No. 3764, Adv. ECF No. 20] shall remain in full force and effect.\n\n## **UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT BRIDGEPORT DIVISION**\n\n|                                              | -----------------------------------------------------------               | x                                                                    |\n|----------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|\n| In re:                                       |                                                                           | :<br>:<br>Chapter 11                                                 |\n| 1<br>HO WAN KWOK,<br>et al.,                 |                                                                           | :<br>:<br>Case No. 22-50073 (JAM)                                    |\n|                                              | Debtors.                                                                  | :<br>:<br>(Jointly Administered)<br>:                                |\n| LUC A. DESPINS, CHAPTER 11<br>TRUSTEE,<br>v. | -----------------------------------------------------------<br>Plaintiff, | x<br>:<br>:<br>:<br>:<br>Adv. Proceeding No. 24-05187<br>:<br>:<br>: |\n| WILDES & WEINBERG P.C.,                      |                                                                           | :<br>:                                                               |\n|                                              | Defendant.<br>----------------------------------------------------------- | :<br>:<br>:<br>x                                                     |\n|                                              |                                                                           |                                                                      |\n\n# **CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE**\n\nThe foregoing was filed using the Court's case management/electronic case files (\"CM/ECF\") system in the above-captioned chapter 11 case and adversary proceeding (collectively, the \"Proceedings\"). Notice of this filing will be sent automatically via email by operation of the CM/ECF system to all appearing parties that are eligible to receive electronic notice in these Proceedings.\n\n<span id=\"page-5-0\"></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\nDated this 11th day of November 2024 at New Haven, Connecticut\n\n*/s/ Patrick R. Linsey*  Patrick R. Linsey (ct29437) NEUBERT, PEPE & MONTEITH, P.C. 195 Church Street, 13th Floor New Haven, Connecticut 06510 (203) 781-2847 plinsey@npmlaw.com","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----------------------------------------------------------- x\n\n关于：\n第11章\n\nHO WAN KWOK（郭文贵）等人，\n案号：22-50073 (JAM)\n债务人。\n（合并审理）\n\nLUC A. DESPINS（卢克·A·德斯平斯），第11章受托人，\n原告，\n对 x\n\n诉讼程序编号：24-05187\n\nWILDES & WEINBERG P.C.，\n\n被告。 x\n\n----------------------------------------------------------- x\n关于依据《破产规则》第9019条就与 WILDES & WEINBERG, P.C. 之和解事宜延期审理第11章受托人密封动议的无异议动议\n\nLuc A. Despins（卢克·A·德斯平斯），以债务人 Ho Wan Kwok（郭文贵）（“债务人”）在上述标题所示第11章案件（“第11章案件”）中担任第11章受托人（“受托人”）的身份，以及在上述标题所示对抗性诉讼程序（“对抗性程序”）中作为原告，特此在无异议的情况下恭敬提出动议（“本动议”），请求将原定于下列事项举行的听证会延期：\n\n1 本案各第11章案件中的债务人为 Ho Wan Kwok（郭文贵，亦称 Guo Wengui、Miles Guo 和 Miles Kwok，以及若干其他化名）（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（普衡律师事务所）, 200 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10166 转交 Luc A. Despins，作为 Ho Wan Kwok 破产财产的受托人（仅用于通知与联络目的）。\n\n受托人在第11章案件及对抗性程序中依据《破产规则》第9019条就与 Wildes & Weinberg, P.C. 之和解事宜提出的密封动议 [主案 ECF 编号 3559，对抗性程序 ECF 编号 14]（“9019动议”），原定听证日期自 2024年11月19日 延期至 2024年12月10日。为支持本动议，受托人谨陈述如下：\n\n本动议目前原定于 2024年11月19日 下午1点 举行听证会（“听证会”），对本动议提出异议的截止日期为 2024年11月6日（因此已届满），且受托人对 G Club Operations LLC 和 United States Trustee（美国受托人办公室）针对该动议提交的有限异议 [主案 ECF 编号 3633, 3641]（“异议”）作出答复的截止日期（“答复截止日期”）为 2024年11月14日。参见《关于依据〈破产规则〉第9019条就与 Wildes & Weinberg, P.C. 之和解事宜的密封动议延期举行听证会并设定答复截止日期的裁定》[主案 ECF 编号 3764，对抗性程序 ECF 编号 20]。鉴于与本第11章案件相关的其他截止日期和义务，并为了向受托人提供额外时间与美国受托人就此事宜进行商讨，受托人谨请求将听证会延期至 2024年12月10日 下午1点 举行，并将受托人的答复截止日期延期至 2024年12月5日。受托人已向 Wildes & Weinberg, P.C.、美国受托人以及 G Club Operations LLC 的法律顾问进行了询问，并已确认各方均不对本动议所请求的延期提出异议。\n[本页其余部分故意留白。]\n\n据此，基于上述理由，法院应当准许本动议，并裁定给予正当且适当的其他及进一步救济。\n\n日期：2024年11月11日\nLUC A. DESPINS，\n康涅狄格州纽黑文\n第11章受托人\n\n签署人：/s/ Patrick R. Linsey\n\nPatrick R. Linsey (ct29437)\nNEUBERT, PEPE & MONTEITH, P.C.\n195 Church Street, 13th Floor\nNew Haven, Connecticut 06510\n(203) 781-2847\nplinsey@npmlaw.com\n\n以及\n\nNicholas A. Bassett（临时出庭代理资格申请审理中）\nPAUL HASTINGS LLP\n2050 M Street NW\nWashington, D.C., 20036\n(202) 551-1902\nnicholasbassett@paulhastings.com\n\n以及\n\nDouglass Barron（临时出庭代理资格申请审理中）\nPAUL HASTINGS LLP\n200 Park Avenue\nNew York, New York 10166\n(212) 318-6690\ndouglassbarron@paulhastings.com\n\n第11章受托人之法律顾问\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第11章\n\n案号：22-50073 (JAM)\n\n（合并审理）\n\nx\n\n诉讼程序编号：24-05187\n\nx\n\n[拟定] 准许关于依据《破产规则》第9019条就与 WILDES & WEINBERG, P.C. 之和解事宜延期审理第11章受托人密封动议的无异议动议的裁定\n\n经审理 Luc A. Despins（卢克·A·德斯平斯）以债务人 Ho Wan Kwok（郭文贵）（“债务人”）在上述标题所示第11章案件（“第11章案件”）中担任第11章受托人（“受托人”）的身份，以及在上述标题所示对抗性诉讼程序（“对抗性程序”）中作为原告所提出的动议（“本动议”），该动议请求对原定就受托人的下列密封动议举行的听证会予以延期：\n\n1 本案各第11章案件中的债务人为 Ho Wan Kwok（郭文贵，亦称 Guo Wengui、Miles Guo 和 Miles Kwok，以及若干其他化名）（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（普衡律师事务所）, 200 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10166 转交 Luc A. Despins，作为 Ho Wan Kwok 破产财产的受托人（仅用于通知与联络目的）。\n\n即在第11章案件及对抗性程序中依据《破产规则》第9019条就与 Wildes & Weinberg, P.C. 之和解事宜提出的密封动议 [主案 ECF 编号 3559，对抗性程序 ECF 编号 14]（“9019动议”），并对受托人就 G Club Operations LLC 与 United States Trustee（美国受托人办公室）所提交之有限异议 [主案 ECF 编号 3633, 3641]（“异议”）作出答复的截止日期予以延期；且鉴于 Wildes & Weinberg, P.C.、美国受托人或 G Club Operations LLC 均未对本动议提出异议，且准许本动议之充分理由已然具备，特此裁定如下：\n\n1. 9019动议的听证会延期至 2024年12月10日 下午1点 举行，地点为 915 Lafayette Blvd., Room 123, Courtroom, Bridgeport, CT 06604。\n\n2. 若受托人提交答复意见，受托人应于 2024年12月5日 或之前提交一份统一的陈词备忘录，篇幅不得超过十五（15）页。\n\n3. 除本裁定明确修改的内容外，本院《关于依据〈破产规则〉第9019条就与 Wildes & Weinberg, P.C. 之和解事宜的密封动议延期举行听证会并设定答复截止日期的裁定》[主案 ECF 编号 3764，对抗性程序 ECF 编号 20] 继续保持完全有效。\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（郭文贵）等人，\n案号：22-50073 (JAM)\n债务人。\n（合并审理）\n\nLUC A. DESPINS（卢克·A·德斯平斯），第11章受托人，\n原告，\n对 ----------------------------------------------------------- x\n\n诉讼程序编号：24-05187\n\nWILDES & WEINBERG P.C.，\n\n被告。\n\nx\n\n送达证明书\n\n上述文件系通过法院在上述标题所示第11章案件和对抗性诉讼程序（统称“本诉讼程序”）中的案件管理/电子案卷系统（“CM/ECF”）提交。关于本提交文件的通知将通过 CM/ECF 系统的运作，自动以电子邮件形式发送给在本诉讼程序中有资格接收电子通知的所有出庭当事人。\n\n1 本案各第11章案件中的债务人为 Ho Wan Kwok（郭文贵，亦称 Guo Wengui、Miles Guo 和 Miles Kwok，以及若干其他化名）（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（普衡律师事务所）, 200 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10166 转交 Luc A. Despins，作为 Ho Wan Kwok 破产财产的受托人（仅用于通知与联络目的）。\n\n日期：2024年11月11日 于康涅狄格州纽黑文\n\n/s/ Patrick R. Linsey\nPatrick R. Linsey (ct29437)\nNEUBERT, PEPE & MONTEITH, P.C.\n195 Church Street, 13th Floor\nNew Haven, Connecticut 06510\n(203) 781-2847\nplinsey@npmlaw.com","key_entities":["Kwok","Ho Wan Kwok","Despins","Guo","Je","Paul Hastings","Miles Guo"],"ecf_references":[{"doc_number":14,"court":"CTB"},{"doc_number":20,"court":"CTB"},{"doc_number":3559,"court":"CTB"},{"doc_number":3764,"court":"CTB"}],"word_count":1331,"status":"published","published_at":null,"created_at":null,"updated_at":"2026-08-23 13:02:48"}