{"id":"court_ctb_758_0","court":"CTB","case_no":"22-50073","doc_number":758,"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: | :
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Chapter 11 |\n| HO WAN KWOK, | :
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Case No. 22-50073 (JAM) |\n| Debtor. | :
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RE: ECF No. 638
: |\n| --------------------------------------------------------x | |\n\n## **ORDER**\n\n## **GRANTING CHAPTER 11 TRUSTEE'S APPLICATION FOR RULE 2004 DISCOVERY WITH RESPECT TO VARIOUS ENTITIES AND INDIVIDUALS AFFILIATED WITH DEBTOR**\n\nUpon consideration of the Application seeking an order authorizing a Federal Rule of Bankruptcy Procedure 2004 examination of the Entities and Individuals listed on Exhibit B thereto (the \"Application\", ECF No. 638), filed by Luc Despins, as the appointed Chapter 11 Trustee to the Debtor's estate (the \"Applicant\"), after notice and a hearing held 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 Subpoenas in a form substantially similar to the Subpoenas attached to the Rule 2004 Motion as Exhibits C-1 to C-19 and to serve the Subpoenas, including any Document Requests or Notices of Deposition, along with a copy of this Order, in accordance with Bankruptcy Rule 2004 requiring examination and the production of documents by the Entities and Individuals listed on Exhibit B to the Application. Paul Hastings LLP and Neubert, Pepe & Monteith, P.C., as proposed counsel for the Trustee, are further authorized to seek substantially similar discovery from Related Entities and Individuals outside of the United States of America, with this Court's assistance as necessary.\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 Entities and Individuals listed on Exhibit B are 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 an Entity or Individual does not produce any documents requested in the Subpoena on the basis of some privilege, the Entity or Individual is hereby directed to produce to the Trustee 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 Entities and Individuals listed on Exhibit B are hereby directed to ensure that all documents and other information, including without limitation in any electronic format, requested in the Subpoenas 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, and 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 one or more representatives of any Entity, and any Individual, listed on Exhibit B to the Application by examination under Bankruptcy Rule 2004 either 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 proposed examinee 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.\n\n","body_zh":"UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT BRIDGEPORT DIVISION（美国康涅狄格州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案件编号：22-50073 (JAM)\n债务人。\n关于：ECF No. 638\n\n裁定\n准许第11章受托人针对与债务人相关的各类实体及个人进行第2004条规则调查取证的申请\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（卢克·德斯宾斯）（下称“申请人”）提交的、请求作出授权依据《联邦破产诉讼规则》第2004条对所附附件 B 中列明的实体和个人进行调查的申请（下称“《申请》”，ECF No. 638），在发出通知并于2022年8月12日举行听证会后，鉴于存在在下文所附条件下准许所请求救济的事由；特此\n\n裁定：依据第2004条规则提出的动议按以下所述予以准许。\n\n裁定：特此授权作为受托人拟任律师的 Paul Hastings LLP（普衡律师事务所）和 Neubert, Pepe & Monteith, P.C.，签署形式与第2004条规则动议所附附件 C-1 至 C-19 中的传票实质相似的传票，并依据《破产规则》第2004条的要求送达该等传票（包括任何文件调取要求或取证通知）以及本裁定副本，要求《申请》附件 B 中列明的实体和个人接受调查并提供文件。受托人的拟任律师 Paul Hastings LLP 和 Neubert, Pepe & Monteith, P.C. 进一步获准在必要时经本法院协助，向美利坚合众国境外的相关实体和个人寻求实质相似的调查取证。\n\n裁定：在不违反《联邦破产诉讼规则》、《联邦民事诉讼规则》及适用的《本地规则》项下任何权利的前提下，且除本法院另有裁定外，特此指示附件 B 中列明的实体和个人在传票送达之日起30天内，或受托人同意的其他时间内，提供所有文件。如果任何实体或个人基于某项特权而未提供传票中要求的任何文件，特此指示该实体或个人在传票送达之日起30天内，或受托人同意的其他时间内，向受托人提供符合经 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：特此指示附件 B 中列明的实体和个人确保传票中要求的、或与债务人、其业务、资产、负债、财务状况或本第11章案件相关的全部文件及其他信息（包括但不限于任何电子格式），均得到妥善保存，可供提供、查验和复制，且未被销毁。\n\n裁定：特此授权作为受托人拟任律师的 Paul Hastings LLP 和 Neubert, Pepe & Monteith, P.C.，无需本法院进一步下达命令，即可根据《破产规则》第2004条，在 Paul Hastings LLP 位于 200 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10166 的办公室，或在双方均可接受的其他地点，在受托人可接受的日期（由受托人选择确定，且不得少于拟接受调查人在根据《破产规则》第2004条遵守传票及本裁定提供文件之后的14个日历日），通过调查对《申请》附件 B 中列明的任何实体的单名或多名代表以及任何个人录取证言，且该等调查应逐日持续进行直至完成。\n\n2022年8月16日于康涅狄格州布里奇波特签署。","key_entities":["Paul Hastings","Kwok","Ho Wan Kwok","Despins","Luc Despins","Je"],"ecf_references":[{"doc_number":638,"court":"CTB"}],"word_count":626,"status":"published","published_at":null,"created_at":null,"updated_at":"2026-08-23 12:27:40"}