{"id":"court_ctb_4432_0","court":"CTB","case_no":"22-50073","doc_number":4432,"sub_number":0,"doc_type":"ORDER","filed_date":"2025-05-22","title":"UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT In re:","summary_zh":"远程出庭动议 —— Ho Wan Kwok 破产案（郭文贵 / Guo Wengui / Miles Guo），CTB 22-50073 ECF #4432（2025-05-22立案）。苹果公司（Apple Inc.）作为第11章破产受托人 Luc A. Despins 提起的追回财产对抗程序被告，向法院申请允许其常驻华盛顿特区的律师 Jin Yan 通过 Zoom 远程参加定于2025年6月10日举行的状态会议。","summary_en":"Motion for Remote Appearance — In re Ho Wan Kwok (Miles Guo / Guo Wengui), CTB 22-50073 ECF #4432 (filed 2025-05-22). Apple Inc., a defendant in an avoidance adversary proceeding brought by Chapter 11 Trustee Luc A. Despins, requests permission for its counsel Jin Yan to appear remotely via Zoom at the June 10, 2025 status conference.","body_en":"## **UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT**\n\nIn re:\n\nHO WAN KWOK, *et al*.,\n\nDebtors.\n\nLUC A. DESPINS, CHAPTER 11 TRUSTEE,\n\nPlaintiff,\n\nv.\n\nAPPLE INC., HING CHI NGOK, ALEX HADJICHARALAMBOUS, BERNARDO ENRIQUEZ, CHUNGUANG HAN, and MEI GUO,\n\nDefendants.\n\n## **MOTION TO PERMIT COUNSEL FOR APPLE INC. TO APPEAR REMOTELY FOR THE JUNE 10, 2025 STATUS CONFERENCE**\n\nApple Inc. (\"Apple\") moves for permission for its counsel Jin Yan to appear remotely via\n\nthe Court's Zoom platform at the status conference set for June 10, 2025 at 1:00 p.m. Eastern.\n\n1. Apple is a defendant in the above-captioned avoidance adversary proceeding filed\n\nby Luc A. Despins, as Chapter 11 trustee (the \"Trustee\").\n\n2. On May 20, 2025, this Court entered an order in the main bankruptcy case granting\n\nthe Trustee's oral request for a status conference and scheduled that conference for June 10, 2025\n\nat 1:00 p.m. Eastern to discuss, among other things, consolidated discovery procedures for\n\nChapter 11\n\nCase No. 22-50073 (JAM)\n\n(Jointly Administered)\n\nAdv. Proc. No. 24-05060\n\navoidance actions. Bankruptcy Case ECF Dkt. No. 4424. The Court's order directed the Trustee to serve the order on all defendants in avoidance actions who had not been defaulted. *Id.*\n\n3. Mr. Yan is resident in the in Washington, D.C. office of ArentFox Schiff LLP. Given the time and expense needed to travel to Bridgeport, Apple respectfully requests that the Court allow Mr. Yan to participate remotely via the Court's Zoom platform. Further, while the Court has previously required in-person attendance at hearings where live witness testimony and other evidentiary presentations would occur, it does not appear from the Court's scheduling order that this will be the case for the June 10, 2025 status conference.\n\n WHEREFORE, Apple respectfully requests permission for Mr. Yan to appear remotely via the Court's Zoom platform for the June 10, 2025 status conference.\n\nDated: May 22, 2025 New York, New York */s/ George Angelich*  George Angelich (ct27542) Eric Roman (admitted *pro hac vice*) ArentFox Schiff LLP 1301 Avenue of the Americas, 42nd Floor New York, NY 10019 T: 212.457.5423 E: [george.angelich@afslaw.com](mailto:george.angelich@afslaw.com) [eric.roman@afslaw.com](mailto:eric.roman@afslaw.com)\n\n- and -\n\nJin Yan (admitted *pro hac vice*) ArentFox Schiff LLP 1717 K St. NW Washington, DC 20006 T: 202.778.6442 E: [jin.yan@afslaw.com](mailto:jin.yan@afslaw.com)\n\n*Counsel for Apple Inc.*\n\n## **CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE**\n\nI certify that on May 22, 2025, I caused a true and correct copy of the foregoing document to be filed with the Clerk of the Court using the CM/ECF filing system, which will send notification of such filing to all attorneys of record.\n\nDated: New York, New York May 22, 2025\n\n> */s/ George Angelich*  George Angelich","body_zh":"UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT（美国康涅狄格区破产法院）\n\n关于：\n\nHO WAN KWOK（郭文贵）等，\n\n债务人。\n\n第11章破产受托人 LUC A. DESPINS（卢克·A·德斯平斯），\n\n原告，\n\n诉\n\nAPPLE INC.（苹果公司）、HING CHI NGOK（岳庆芝）、ALEX HADJICHARALAMBOUS（亚历克斯·哈吉查拉姆布斯）、BERNARDO ENRIQUEZ（贝尔纳多·恩里克斯）、CHUNGUANG HAN（韩春光）及 MEI GUO（郭美），\n\n被告。\n\n第11章\n案号 22-50073 (JAM)\n（合并审理）\n对抗性程序案号 24-05060\n\n关于准许苹果公司代理律师远程出席2025年6月10日案件状态会议的动议\n\nApple Inc.（“苹果公司”）提请准许其代理律师 Jin Yan（严谨）通过法院的 Zoom 平台远程出席定于东部时间2025年6月10日下午1:00举行的案件状态会议。\n\n1. 苹果公司是由第11章破产受托人 Luc A. Despins（“受托人”）提起的上述标题项下撤销权对抗性程序中的被告。\n\n2. 2025年5月20日，本法院在主破产案件中作出一项命令，准许受托人关于举行案件状态会议的口头申请，并将该会议安排在东部时间2025年6月10日下午1:00举行，以讨论（其中包括）撤销权诉讼的合并证据开示程序。破产案件 ECF Dkt. No. 4424。法院的命令指示受托人将该命令送达所有未被缺席判决的撤销权诉讼被告。同上。\n\n3. 严律师常驻于 ArentFox Schiff LLP（艾伦特福克斯希夫律师事务所）的华盛顿特区办事处。鉴于前往布里奇波特所需的时间和费用，苹果公司谨请求法院准许严律师通过法院的 Zoom 平台远程参与。此外，虽然法院此前曾要求在涉及现场证人证言和其他证据呈示的听证会上亲自出席，但从法院的排期命令来看，2025年6月10日的案件状态会议似乎并非这种情况。\n\n据此，苹果公司谨请求准许严律师通过法院的 Zoom 平台远程出席2025年6月10日的案件状态会议。\n\n日期：2025年5月22日 纽约州纽约市 /s/ George Angelich  George Angelich (ct27542) Eric Roman (admitted pro hac vice) ArentFox Schiff LLP 1301 Avenue of the Americas, 42nd Floor New York, NY 10019 电话：212.457.5423 邮箱：[george.angelich@afslaw.com] [eric.roman@afslaw.com]\n\n— 以及 —\n\nJin Yan (admitted pro hac vice) ArentFox Schiff LLP 1717 K St. NW Washington, DC 20006 电话：202.778.6442 邮箱：[jin.yan@afslaw.com]\n\n苹果公司代理律师\n\n送达证明\n\n本人证明，2025年5月22日，本人已促成使用 CM/ECF 归档系统向法院书记官提交上述文件的真实正确副本，该系统将向所有记录在案的律师发送该归档通知。\n\n日期：纽约州纽约市 2025年5月22日\n\n/s/ George Angelich  George Angelich","key_entities":["Despins","Guo","Kwok","Ho Wan Kwok","CIPA"],"ecf_references":[{"doc_number":4424,"court":"CTB"}],"word_count":434,"status":"published","published_at":"2025-05-22 00:00:00","created_at":"2025-05-22","updated_at":"2026-08-23 12:13:39"}