{"id":"court_ctb_561_2","court":"CTB","case_no":"22-50073","doc_number":561,"sub_number":2,"doc_type":"ORDER","filed_date":"2022-07-15","title":"EXHIBIT B UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT BRIDGEPORT DIVISION In Re \\* Case No. 22-50073(JAM) \\*","summary_zh":null,"summary_en":null,"body_en":"## **EXHIBIT B**\n\nCase 22-50073 Doc 561-2 Filed 07/15/22 Entered 07/15/22 16:45:27 Page 2 of 4\n\nUNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT BRIDGEPORT DIVISION In Re \\* Case No. 22-50073(JAM) \\* HO WAN KWOK, \\* Bridgeport, Connecticut \\* July 5, 2022 Debtor. \\* \\* \\* \\* \\* \\* \\* \\* \\* \\* \\* \\* \\* \\* \\* \\* \\* \\* TRANSCRIPT OF APPLICATION TO APPOINT TRUSTEE APPLICATION FOR ORDER APPROVING APPOINTMENT OF CHAPTER 11 TRUSTEE BEFORE THE HONORABLE JULIE A. MANNING UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY JUDGE APPEARANCES: For the Debtor: WILLIAM BALDIGA, ESQ. Brown Rudnick, LLP Seven Times Square New York, NY 10036 For the Creditor, Pacific PETER FRIEDMAN, ESQ. Alliance Asia Opportunity STUART M. SARNOFF, ESQ. Fund L.P.: O'Melveny & Myers LLP Times Square Tower 7 Times Square New York, NY 10036 PATRICK M. BIRNEY, ESQ. Robinson & Cole LLP 280 Trumbull Street Hartford, CT 06103-3597 Proceedings recorded by electronic sound recording, transcript produced by transcription service. **Fiore Reporting and Transcription Service, Inc. 4 Research Drive, Suite 402 Shelton, Connecticut 06484 (203)929-9992**\n\n of a trustee -- MS. CLAIBORN: Your Honor, by virtue of the -- THE COURT: -- or examiner is under Section 324. MS. CLAIBORN: Your Honor, the appointment and the approval process is set forth, as we discussed today, in 1104(d), and section -- sorry, Rule 2007.1. THE COURT: I don't -- you know, I -- MS. CLAIBORN: And the process has not been finished, the appointment has not been approved, and the U.S. Trustee, based upon the information provided today, determined that it was appropriate to withdraw the notice of appointment which we have done. THE COURT: Yeah, but you didn't say why. If I didn't have this hearing, nobody would know why. MS. CLAIBORN: Your Honor, that's correct. The withdrawal does not cite a reason, and due to the governmental privilege and the deliberative process that the U.S. Trustee engages in, I am not in a position to share that reasoning or that discussion with the Court or with the parties. But it was in the best interest of the estate and the creditors and the process to not pursue the selected candidate. THE COURT: Does anyone else wish to be heard on this issue, because we've now lost five days of which\n\nFiore Reporting and Transcription Service, Inc.\n\n|    | 32                                                          |\n|----|-------------------------------------------------------------|\n| 1  | I want to know how long it's going to take, because it's    |\n| 2  | been 20 days since that order that everyone insisted needed |\n| 3  | to enter right away, and it did, and we still don't have a  |\n| 4  | trustee.                                                    |\n| 5  | Anyone else have any questions?                             |\n| 6  | (No audible response)                                       |\n| 7  | THE COURT:<br>Okay.<br>That concludes today's hearing.      |\n| 8  | Thank you.                                                  |\n| 9  | MS. MAYHEW:<br>Thank you.                                   |\n| 10 | THE CLERK:<br>Court is adjourned.                           |\n| 11 | (Proceedings concluded at 4:34 p.m.)                        |\n| 12 | I, CHRISTINE FIORE, court-approved transcriber and          |\n| 13 | certified electronic reporter and transcriber, certify that |\n| 14 | the foregoing is a correct transcript from the official     |\n| 15 | electronic sound recording of the proceedings in the above  |\n| 16 | entitled matter.                                            |\n| 17 |                                                             |\n| 18 |                                                             |\n| 19 | July 13, 2022                                               |\n| 20 | Christine Fiore, CERT                                       |\n| 21 | Transcriber                                                 |\n| 22 |                                                             |\n| 23 |                                                             |\n| 24 |                                                             |\n|    |                                                             |\n|    |                                                             |","body_zh":"附件 B\n\nCase 22-50073 Doc 561-2 Filed 07/15/22 Entered 07/15/22 16:45:27 Page 2 of 4\n\nUNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT（美国破产法院）\nDISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT（康涅狄格区）\nBRIDGEPORT DIVISION（布里奇波特分院）\n关于：* 案号：22-50073(JAM)\nHO WAN KWOK（郭文贵），* 康涅狄格州布里奇波特\n* 2022年7月5日\n债务人。*\n* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *\n指定受托人申请之庭审笔录\n批准指定第 11 章受托人命令申请\n审理法官：美国破产法官 JULIE A. MANNING（朱莉·A·曼宁）阁下\n出庭人员：\n代表债务人：\nWILLIAM BALDIGA, ESQ.（威廉·巴尔迪加律师）\nBrown Rudnick, LLP（布朗鲁德尼克律师事务所）\nSeven Times Square\nNew York, NY 10036\n代表债权人 Pacific Alliance Asia Opportunity Fund L.P.（太盟亚洲机会基金有限公司）：\nPETER FRIEDMAN, ESQ.（彼得·弗里德曼律师）\nSTUART M. SARNOFF, ESQ.（斯图尔特·M·萨诺夫律师）\nO'Melveny & Myers LLP（美迈斯律师事务所）\nTimes Square Tower\n7 Times Square\nNew York, NY 10036\nPATRICK M. BIRNEY, ESQ.（帕特里克·M·伯尼律师）\nRobinson & Cole LLP（罗宾逊科尔律师事务所）\n280 Trumbull Street\nHartford, CT 06103-3597\n庭审由电子录音设备记录，笔录由速记转录服务机构制作。\nFiore Reporting and Transcription Service, Inc.（菲奥雷速记与转录服务公司）\n4 Research Drive, Suite 402\nShelton, Connecticut 06484\n(203)929-9992\n\n受托人的——\nCLAIBORN 女士：法官阁下，鉴于——\n法庭：——或审查员是依据第 324 条。\nCLAIBORN 女士：法官阁下，正如我们今天所讨论的，指定和批准程序规定在第 1104(d) 条以及第——抱歉，是破产程序规则第 2007.1 条中。\n法庭：我不——你知道，我——\nCLAIBORN 女士：而且程序尚未完成，指定尚未获得批准，并且 U.S. Trustee（美国受托人）根据今天提供的信息，认定撤回指定通知是适当的，我们已经这样做了。\n法庭：是的，但你们没有说明原因。如果我今天不开这次庭，谁都不会知道原因。\nCLAIBORN 女士：法官阁下，确实如此。撤回决定中没有列出原因，而且由于政府特权以及美国受托人所涉及的审议决策程序，我无法与法庭或各方当事人分享这一理由或相关讨论。但不再任用所选定的候选人，是符合破产财产、债权人以及程序的最大利益的。\n法庭：在这个问题上还有其他人希望陈述意见吗，因为我们现在已经耽误了五天，其中\n\nFiore Reporting and Transcription Service, Inc.\n1 我想知道这还需要多长时间，因为距离大家都坚持必须\n2 立即做出的那项裁定已经过去了 20 天，裁定也做出了，但我们至今仍没有\n3 受托人。\n4 还有其他人有任何问题吗？\n5 （无有声回应）\n6 法庭：\n7 好的。\n8 今天的听证会到此结束。\n9 谢谢。\n10 MAYHEW 女士：\n11 谢谢。\n12 书记官：\n13 休庭。\n14 （庭审于下午 4:34 结束）\n15 我，CHRISTINE FIORE（克里斯汀·菲奥雷），法院认可的转录员兼\n16 认证电子记录员与转录员，特此证明\n17 上述内容系根据上述案件庭审的官方\n18 电子录音制作的准确无误的笔录。\n\n2022年7月13日\nChristine Fiore, CERT\n转录员","key_entities":["Kwok","Ho Wan Kwok"],"ecf_references":[],"word_count":594,"status":"published","published_at":"2022-07-15 00:00:00","created_at":"2022-07-15","updated_at":"2026-08-23 12:26:33"}