{"id":"court_ctb_444_0","court":"CTB","case_no":"22-50073","doc_number":444,"sub_number":0,"doc_type":"UNKNOWN","filed_date":null,"title":"| UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT                  | |-------------------------------------------------|","summary_zh":null,"summary_en":null,"body_en":"| UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT                  |\n|-------------------------------------------------|\n| DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT                         |\n| BRIDGEPORT DIVISION                             |\n| _______________________________________________ |\n\n| In re                                        |                                                   | : Chapter 11             |\n|----------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|--------------------------|\n| Ho Wan Kwok,                                 |                                                   | :<br>: Case No. 22-50073 |\n|                                              | Debtor.1                                          | :<br>:                   |\n|                                              | ________________________________________________: | :                        |\n| Pacific Alliance Asia Opportunity Fund L.P., |                                                   | :<br>:                   |\n|                                              | Movant                                            | :<br>:                   |\n| v.                                           |                                                   | :<br>:                   |\n| Ho Wan Kwok,                                 |                                                   | :<br>:                   |\n|                                              | Respondent.                                       | :<br>:                   |\n\n\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_:\n\n## **REQUEST OF OFFICIAL COMMITTEE OF UNSECURED CREDITORS FOR STATUS CONFERENCE PURSUANT TO 11 U.S.C. § 105(d)**\n\nThe Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors (the \"Committee\") of the above-named Debtor and Debtor in Possession, Ho Wan Kwok (\"Debtor\"), hereby requests that the Court schedule and hold a status conference so the Court can be apprised of, and the parties have an opportunity to address, a clarification of the Committee's position as to what is in the best interests of creditors under 11 U.S.C. § 1112(b)(1), *viz.*, their current belief that the appointment of a chapter 11 trustee is just as acceptable an alternative as is conversion to chapter 7, to discuss how the Committee would envision such proceedings would work, and to apprise the Court of authority the Committee believes would support a dismissal of the case on the condition that\n\n<sup>1</sup> The Debtor is known by the following names: Guo Wengui; Miles Guo; Miles Kwok; and Ho Wan Kwok.\n\nCommittee professionals be paid their allowed fees and expenses, if the Court is of the view that dismissal is in the best interests of creditors.\n\nMore particularly, while the Committee continues to believe that this case could be administered under chapter 7 for the benefit of all creditors, the Committee appreciates the Court's concerns about the issues that would be confronted in a chapter 7 case and wishes to expressly advise the Court that an equally acceptable alternative for the Committee would be the appointment of a chapter 11 trustee, who would be given an opportunity to locate funding or special counsel and determine whether a viable plan can be negotiated. If a chapter 11 trustee determines that the case is not suitable to continue in chapter 11, he or she, as a neutral fiduciary, could then make the independent determination that dismissal is in the best interests of creditors and that the case should be dismissed. A dismissal of the case now, without that opportunity, cannot be reversed.\n\nAs for dismissal with conditions, if the Court is more inclined to dismiss the case at this juncture, in response to a question raised by the Court at the hearing, the Committee wishes to bring to the Court's attention the decision in *In re KG Winddown, LLC*, 628 B.R. 739 (Bankr. S.D.N.Y. 2021), which albeit approved a structured dismissal of a chapter 11 after a sale of the debtor's assets, does support the proposition that, as it observed, \"[t]he Court [in *Jevic*] also noted that section 349(b) 'appears designed to give courts the flexibility to make the appropriate orders to protect rights acquired in reliance on the bankruptcy case'.\" *Id.* (quoting *Czyzewski v. Jevic Holding Corp*., 137 S.Ct. 973, 984 (quoting H. R. Rep. No. 95-595, p. 338 (1977)). One such order would be to condition dismissal on payment of allowed professional fees of the Committee's professionals. No party has objected to the conditions on dismissal proposed by the Committee.\n\n**WHEREFORE**, the Committee respectfully requests that the Court schedule and hold a\n\nstatus conference at its earliest convenience.\n\nDated: Bridgeport, Connecticut May 27, 2022\n\n## **OFFICIAL COMMITTEE OF UNSECURED CREDITORS OF HO WAN KWOK**\n\nBy: */s/Irve J. Goldman*  Irve J. Goldman Jonathan A. Kaplan Pullman & Comley, LLC 850 Main Street, 8th Floor PO Box 7006 Bridgeport, CT 06601-7006 (203) 330-2213 igoldman@pullcom.com\n\nIts Attorneys\n\n## **CERTIFICATION OF SERVICE**\n\nI, Irve J. Goldman, herby certify that on the 27th day of May, 2022, a true and correct copy of the foregoing Request of Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors for Status Conference Pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 105(d) was filed with the Court and served all parties that have filed a notice of appearance and request for notice electronically via the Court's CM/ECF electronic filing system (\"CM/ECF\").\n\nBy: */s/Irve J. Goldman*","body_zh":"UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT（美国破产法院）\n\nDISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT（康涅狄格区）\nBRIDGEPORT DIVISION（布里奇波特分部）\n\n关于　: 第 11 章\n\nHo Wan Kwok（郭文贵），　:\n: 案号 22-50073\n债务人。1　:\n\n________________________________________________:　:\nPacific Alliance Asia Opportunity Fund L.P.（太平洋联盟亚洲机会基金有限合伙），　:\n\n动议人　:\n\nv.（诉）　:\n\nHo Wan Kwok（郭文贵），　:\n\n被申请人。　:\n\n________________________________________________:\n无担保债权人官方委员会依据 11 U.S.C. § 105(d) 请求举行案件进展会议的申请\n\n上述债务人及占有中债务人 Ho Wan Kwok（郭文贵）（下称「债务人」）的 Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors（无担保债权人官方委员会，下称「委员会」）特此请求法院安排并举行一次案件进展会议，以便使法院获知、并使各方当事人有机会就委员会关于依据 11 U.S.C. § 1112(b)(1) 何为债权人最佳利益的立场所作的澄清进行陈述，即委员会目前认为指定一名第 11 章破产受托人与转换为第 7 章程序同样是可以接受的替代方案；讨论委员会所设想的此类程序将如何运作；并向法院通报委员会认为支持在以委员会专业人员获付其获准费用和开支为条件驳回案件的法律依据（若法院认为驳回案件符合债权人的最佳利益）。\n\n1 债务人以下列姓名为人所知：Guo Wengui（郭文贵）；Miles Guo；Miles Kwok；以及 Ho Wan Kwok。\n\n具体而言，虽然委员会仍然认为本案可在第 7 章下为了全体债权人的利益进行管理，但委员会理解法院对第 7 章案件中将面临之问题的关切，并希望明确告知法院，对委员会而言同样可以接受的替代方案是指定一名第 11 章破产受托人，使其有机会寻找资金或特别律师，并确定是否可以协商出一份可行的重整计划。如果第 11 章破产受托人确定本案不适合在第 11 章下继续进行，其作为中立的受托人，随后可以独立认定驳回符合债权人的最佳利益且本案应当予以驳回。若没有该机会而在此时驳回本案，则将无法撤销。\n\n关于附条件驳回，如果法院目前更倾向于驳回本案，作为对法院在听证会上提出的问题的回应，委员会希望提请法院注意 In re KG Winddown, LLC, 628 B.R. 739 (Bankr. S.D.N.Y. 2021) 案的裁定，该案虽然是在出售债务人资产后批准了一项第 11 章结构性驳回，但确实支持如下主张（如该案所指出的那样）：「［Jevic 案中的］法院还指出，第 349(b) 条『似乎旨在赋予法院灵活性以作出适当命令，从而保护因信赖破产案件而获得的权利』。」同上案（援引 Czyzewski v. Jevic Holding Corp., 137 S.Ct. 973, 984（援引 H. R. Rep. No. 95-595, p. 338 (1977)））。其中一项此类命令即是以支付委员会专业人员获准的专业费用为驳回条件。尚无任何一方当事人对委员会提出的驳回条件提出异议。\n\n为此，委员会谨请求法院在其尽早方便的时间安排并举行一次案件进展会议。\n\n日期：康涅狄格州布里奇波特，2022年5月27日\nHO WAN KWOK（郭文贵）无担保债权人官方委员会\n\n签署人：/s/Irve J. Goldman  Irve J. Goldman Jonathan A. Kaplan Pullman & Comley, LLC 850 Main Street, 8th Floor PO Box 7006 Bridgeport, CT 06601-7006 (203) 330-2213 igoldman@pullcom.com\n\n其代理律师\n送达证明\n\n我，Irve J. Goldman，特此证明于2022年5月27日，上述《无担保债权人官方委员会依据 11 U.S.C. § 105(d) 请求举行案件进展会议的申请》的一份真实正确的副本已提交给法院，并通过法院的 CM/ECF 电子归档系统（下称「CM/ECF」）以电子方式送达给所有已提交出庭通知书和要求通知书的各方当事人。\n\n签署人：/s/Irve J. Goldman","key_entities":["Kwok","Ho Wan Kwok","Je","Guo","Miles Guo"],"ecf_references":[],"word_count":717,"status":"published","published_at":null,"created_at":null,"updated_at":"2026-08-23 12:35:03"}