{"id":"court_ctb_757_0","court":"CTB","case_no":"22-50073","doc_number":757,"sub_number":0,"doc_type":"ORDER","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| HO WAN KWOK,                                                 | :<br>:<br>Case No. 22-50073 (JAM)<br>: |\n| Debtor.                                                      | :<br>Re: ECF No. 636<br>:              |\n| -------------------------------------------------------<br>x |                                        |\n\n## **ORDER GRANTING CHAPTER 11 TRUSTEE'S APPLICATION FOR RULE 2004 EXAMINATION OF HO WAN KWOK**\n\nUpon consideration of the Application seeking an order authorizing a Federal Rule of Bankruptcy Procedure 2004 examination of Ho Wan Kwok (\"Debtor\") (the \"Application\", ECF No. 636), filed by Luc Despins, as the appointed Chapter 11 Trustee to the Debtor's estate (the \"Applicant\"), after notice and a hearing held on August 12, 2022, it appearing that cause exists to grant the requested relief as conditioned hereafter; it is hereby\n\n**ORDERED**: The Rule 2004 Motion is granted as set forth below.\n\n**ORDERED**: Paul Hastings LLP and Neubert, Pepe & Monteith, P.C., as proposed counsel for the Trustee, are hereby authorized to sign a Subpoena, in a form substantially similar to the Subpoena attached to the Rule 2004 Motion as Exhibit B, and to serve the Subpoena along with a copy of this Order in accordance with Bankruptcy Rule 2004 requiring examination and the production of documents by the Debtor.\n\n**ORDERED**: Subject to any rights under the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure, the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, and applicable Local Rules, and unless otherwise ordered by the Court, the Debtor is hereby directed to produce all documents within 30 days of the service of the Subpoena, or such other time as agreed upon by the Trustee. To the extent the Debtor does not produce any documents requested in the Subpoena on the basis of some privilege, the Debtor is hereby directed to produce the Trustee with a privilege log that comports with Fed. R. Civ. P. 45(e)(2), made applicable by Fed. R. Bankr. P. 9016, and D. Conn. L. Civ. R. 26(e), within 30 days of service of the Subpoena, or such other time as agreed upon by the Trustee.\n\n**ORDERED**: The Debtor is hereby directed to ensure that that all documents and other information, including without limitation in any electronic format, requested in the Subpoena or otherwise relevant to the Debtor, his business, assets, liabilities, financial condition, or this Chapter 11 case, are properly maintained, are available for production, inspection and copying, are not destroyed.\n\n**ORDERED**: Paul Hastings LLP and Neubert, Pepe & Monteith, P.C., as proposed counsel for the Trustee, are hereby authorized, without further order of this Court, to take the testimony of the Debtor by examination under Bankruptcy Rule 2004 at the offices of Paul Hastings LLP, 200 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10166, or at such other place that is mutually acceptable to the parties, on a date acceptable to the Trustee, which, at the election of the Trustee, shall be not less than 14 calendar days after the production of documents by the Debtor in compliance with the Subpoena and this Order pursuant to Bankruptcy Rule 2004, and such examination shall continue from day to day until completed.\n\nDated at Bridgeport, Connecticut this 16th day of August, 2022.","body_zh":"UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT BRIDGEPORT DIVISION（美国康涅狄格区联邦破产法院布里奇波特分院）\n\n案件涉及：\n第11章\nHO WAN KWOK（郭文贵），\n案号：22-50073 (JAM)\n债务人。\n关于：ECF No. 636\n\nx\n准予第11章受托人依据第2004条规则对郭文贵进行调查申请的裁定\n\n经审议由被任命为债务人破产财产第11章受托人的Luc Despins（“申请人”）提交的、申请发布裁定以授权依据《联邦破产程序规则》第2004条对Ho Wan Kwok（“债务人”）进行调查的申请（“《申请》”，ECF No. 636），经送达通知并于2022年8月12日举行听证后，鉴于存在依据下述条件准予所请求救济的充分理由；特此\n\n裁定：《第2004条规则动议》按如下所述予以准予。\n\n裁定：特此授权受托人的拟任律师Paul Hastings LLP（普衡律师事务所）及Neubert, Pepe & Monteith, P.C.签署格式与附于《第2004条规则动议》后作为附件B的传票实质相似的传票，并依据《破产规则》第2004条送达该传票及本裁定副本，要求债务人接受调查并提交文件。\n\n裁定：在受制于《联邦破产程序规则》、《联邦民事诉讼规则》及适用的《本地规则》项下之任何权利的前提下，且除本法院另有命令外，特此责令债务人在传票送达后30日内，或受托人同意的其他时间内，提交所有文件。如果债务人基于某种特权理由未提交传票中要求的任何文件，特此责令债务人在传票送达后30日内，或受托人同意的其他时间内，向受托人提供一份符合通过Fed. R. Bankr. P. 9016适用的Fed. R. Civ. P. 45(e)(2)以及D. Conn. L. Civ. R. 26(e)规定的特权清单。\n\n裁定：特此责令债务人确保传票所要求的或以其他方式与债务人、其业务、资产、负债、财务状况或本第11章案件相关的所有文件及其他信息（包括但不限于任何电子格式）均得到妥善保存，可供提交、查阅和复制，且未遭销毁。\n\n裁定：特此授权受托人的拟任律师Paul Hastings LLP及Neubert, Pepe & Monteith, P.C.，无需本法院进一步命令，即可于纽约州纽约市公园大道200号Paul Hastings LLP办公室（邮编：10166），或双方均可接受的其他地点，在受托人可接受的日期（依受托人选定，该日期应不早于债务人依据《破产规则》第2004条遵照传票及本裁定提交文件后的14个日历日），依据《破产规则》第2004条通过调查录取债务人的证言，且该调查应逐日连续进行直至完成。\n\n于2022年8月16日签署于康涅狄格州布里奇波特。","key_entities":["Kwok","Ho Wan Kwok","Paul Hastings","Despins","Luc Despins","Je"],"ecf_references":[{"doc_number":636,"court":"CTB"}],"word_count":522,"status":"published","published_at":null,"created_at":null,"updated_at":"2026-08-23 12:21:57"}