{"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":null,"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":"2026-07-07 08:26:14"}