Guo Wengui / Miles Guo — bankruptcy case · ORDER · ECF #711

# **UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT BRIDGEPORT DIVISION**

In re:

HO WAN KWOK,

Debtor.

Chapter 11

Case No: 22-50073 (JAM)

# **NOTICE OF APPEAL**

**PLEASE TAKE NOTICE** that, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 158(a)(1), the Debtor, Ho Wan Kwok, hereby appeals to the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut from the portion of the August 2, 2022, *Order Denying Motion for Relief from Judgment/Order,* (ECF No. 667), entered by the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Connecticut (Hon. Julie A. Manning) finding that "[a]lthough the Debtor did not seek to terminate the appointment of the Chapter 11 Trustee under 11 U.S.C. § 1105 or remove the Chapter 11 Trustee under 11 U.S.C. § 324, no grounds exist to terminate the appointment of Chapter 11 Trustee or remove the Chapter 11 Trustee appointed in the Debtor's case" (the "Order"). A copy of the Order is attached hereto as Exhibit A. The names of all parties to the Order and the names, addresses, and telephone numbers of their respective counsel are as follows:

| PARTY | ATTORNEYS | |-----------------------------|--------------------------------| | Ho Wan Kwok –<br>The Debtor | ZEISLER & ZEISLER, P.C. | | | Eric Henzy | | | Stephen M. Kindseth | | | Aaron A. Romney | | | James M. Moriarty | | | John L. Cesaroni | | | 10 Middle Street, 15th Floor | | | Bridgeport, CT 06604 | | | Tel: (203) 368-4234 | | | ehenzy@zeislaw.com | | | skindseth@zeislaw.com | | | aromney@zeislaw.com | | | jmoriarty@zeislaw.com | | | jcesaroni@zeislaw.com | | | | | | LAWALL & MITCHELL | | | Aaron A. Mitchell | | | Soundview Plaza | | | Suite 700R, 1266 E Main Street | | | Stamford, CT 06902 | | | aaron@lmesq.com |

| Luc A. Despins-Chapter 11 Trustee | NEUBERT, PEPE & MONTEITH, P.C. | |-----------------------------------|----------------------------------| | | Patrick R. Linsey | | | James C. Graham | | | Lucas Bennett Rocklin | | | Douglas S. Skalka | | | 195 Church Street, 13th Floor | | | New Haven, CT 06510 | | | (203) 781-2847 | | | plinsey@npmlaw.com | | | jgraham@npmlaw.com | | | lrocklin@npmlaw.com | | | dskalka@npmlaw.com | | | | | | PAUL HASTINGS LLP | | | Nicholas A. Bassett | | | 2050 M Street NW | | | Washington, D.C., 20036 | | | (202) 551-1902 | | | nicholasbassett@paulhastings.com | | | -and | | | Luc A. Despins | | | Avram E. Luft | | | Douglass Barron | | | 200 Park Avenue | | | New York, NY 10166 | | | (212) 318-6079 | | | lucdespins@paulhastings.com | | | aviluft@paulhastings.com | | | douglassbarron@paulhastings.com |

| Pacific Alliance Asia Opportunity | O'MELVENY & MYERS LLP | |-----------------------------------|------------------------------| | Fund L.P.-Creditor | Laura Arronsson | | | Peter Friedman | | | Mia N. Gonzalez | | | David V. Harbach, II | | | Sara Pahlavan | | | Stuart M. Sarnoff | | | Times Square Tower | | | 7 Times Square | | | New York, NY 10036 | | | laronsson@omm.com | | | pfriedman@omm.com | | | mgonzalez@omm.com | | | dharbach@omm.com | | | spahlavan@omm.com | | | ssarnoff@omm.com | | | | | | ROBINSON & COLE LLP | | | Patrick M. Birney | | | Annecca H. Smith | | | 280 Trumbull Street | | | Hartford, CT 06103 | | | pbirney@rc.com | | | asmith@rc.com | | Rui Ma-Creditor | MCELROY DEUTSCH | | | Kristin B. Mayhew | | | Peter J. Zarella | | | 30 Jelliff Lane | | | Southport, CT 06890 | | | kmayhew@mdmc-law.com | | | pzarella@mdmc-law.com | | | | | | CALLARI PARTNERS LLC | | | Carollyn H.G. Callari | | | David S. Forsch | | | One Rockefeller Plaza | | | 10th Floor | | | New York, NY 10020 | | | ccallari@callaripartners.com | | | dforsch@callaripartners.com |

| U.S. Trustee-U.S. Trustee | OFFICE OF THE U.S. TRUSTEE | |---------------------------|-------------------------------| | | Holley L. Claiborn | | | Steven E. Mackey | | | The Giaimo Federal Building | | | 150 Court Street, Room 302 | | | New Haven, CT 06510 | | | holley.l.claiborn@usdoj.gov | | | USTPRegion02.NH.ECF@USDOJ.GOV | | Creditor Committee | PULLMAN & COMLEY, LLC | | | Irve J. Goldman | | | 850 Main Street, 8th Floor | | | Bridgeport, CT 06604 | | | igoldman@pullcom.com | | | -and | | | Jonathan Kaplan | | | 90 State House Square | | | Hartford, CT 06103 | | | jkaplan@pullcom.com |

Dated: August 9, 2022

# **THE DEBTOR, HO WAN KWOK**

*/s/ Eric Henzy* Eric Henzy (ct12849) Stephen M. Kindseth (ct14640) Aaron A. Romney (ct28144) James M. Moriarty (ct21876) John L. Cesaroni (ct29309) 10 Middle Street, 15th Floor Bridgeport, Connecticut 06604 Telephone: (203) 368-4234 Facsimile: (203) 368-5487 Email: [ehenzy@zeislaw.com](mailto:ehenzy@zeislaw.com) [skindseth@zeislaw.com](mailto:skindseth@zeislaw.com) [aromney@zeislaw.com](mailto:aromney@zeislaw.com) [jmoriarty@zeislaw.com](mailto:jmoriarty@zeislaw.com) [jcesaroni@zeislaw.com](mailto:jcesaroni@zeislaw.com)

## **CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE**

The undersigned certifies that on the 9th day of August 2022 a copy of the foregoing Notice of Appeal was filed electronically and emailed via the Court's CM/ECF electronic noticing system. Parties may access this filing through the Court's CM/ECF System.

/s/ Eric Henzy

# **EXHIBIT**

**A**

| From: | CTBECF_Courtmail@ctb.uscourts.gov | |----------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| | To: | Courtmail@ctb.uscourts.gov | | Subject: | 22-50073 Order on Motion for Relief from Judgment/Order Under Rule 9024 | | Date: | Tuesday, August 2, 2022 3:20:44 PM |

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**U.S. Bankruptcy Court**

## **District of Connecticut**

Notice of Electronic Filing

The following transaction was received from Clerks Office rms entered on 8/2/2022 at 3:19 PM EDT and filed on 8/2/2022

**Case Name:** Ho Wan Kwok **Case Number:** [22-50073](http) **Document Number:** [667](http)

### **Docket Text:**

**ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR RELIEF FROM JUDGMENT/ORDER.** The Debtor filed a Motion for Relief from Judgment/Order under Rule 9024 on July 15, 2022 (the 'Motion for Relief,' ECF No. [561]). A hearing on the Motion for Relief was held on August 1, 2022. For the reasons stated on the record during the hearing, it is hereby **ORDERED:** The Motion for Relief from Judgment/Order is **DENIED** because none of the grounds for relief set forth in Fed. R. Civ. Pro. 60 and Fed. R. Bankr. Pro. 9024(b) exist to relieve the Debtor from the Order Granting Appointment of Chapter 11 Trustee (ECF No. [523]); and it is further

**ORDERED:** Although the Debtor did not seek to terminate the appointment of the Chapter 11 Trustee under 11 U.S.C. § 1105 or remove the Chapter 11 Trustee under 11 U.S.C. § 324, no grounds exist to terminate the appointment of Chapter 11 Trustee or remove the Chapter 11 Trustee appointed in the Debtor's case. (RE: [561]) . Signed by Judge Julie A. Manning on August 2, 2022. (rms)

The following document(s) are associated with this transaction:

## **22-50073 Notice will be electronically mailed to:**

Laura Aronsson on behalf of 20 Largest Creditor Pacific Alliance Asia Opportunity Fund L.P. laronsson@omm.com

Kenneth Aulet on behalf of Debtor Ho Wan Kwok kaulet@brownrudnick.com

William Baldiga on behalf of Debtor Ho Wan Kwok wbaldiga@brownrudnick.com

William R. Baldiga on behalf of Debtor Ho Wan Kwok wbaldiga@brownrudnick.com

Douglass E. Barron on behalf of Trustee Luc A. Despins douglassbarron@pauhastings.com

Nicholas A. Bassett on behalf of Trustee Luc A. Despins nicholasbassett@paulhastings.com

Patrick M. Birney on behalf of 20 Largest Creditor Pacific Alliance Asia Opportunity Fund L.P. pbirney@rc.com, ctrivigno@rc.com

Patrick M. Birney on behalf of Defendant Pacific Alliance Asia Opportunity Fund L.P.

pbirney@rc.com, ctrivigno@rc.com

Patrick M. Birney on behalf of Plaintiff Pacific Alliance Asia Opportunity Fund L.P. pbirney@rc.com, ctrivigno@rc.com

Carollynn H.G. Callari on behalf of 20 Largest Creditor Rui Ma ccallari@callaripartners.com

Carollynn H.G. Callari on behalf of 20 Largest Creditor Weican Meng ccallari@callaripartners.com

Carollynn H.G. Callari on behalf of Creditor Zheng Wu ccallari@callaripartners.com

John L. Cesaroni on behalf of Debtor Ho Wan Kwok jcesaroni@zeislaw.com

John L. Cesaroni on behalf of Interested Party Mei Guo jcesaroni@zeislaw.com

Holley L. Claiborn on behalf of U.S. Trustee U. S. Trustee holley.l.claiborn@usdoj.gov

Luc A. Despins lucdespins@paulhastings.com

Luc A. Despins on behalf of Trustee Luc A. Despins lucdespins@paulhastings.com

David S. Forsh on behalf of 20 Largest Creditor Rui Ma dforsh@callaripartners.com

David S. Forsh on behalf of 20 Largest Creditor Weican Meng dforsh@callaripartners.com

David S. Forsh on behalf of Creditor Zheng Wu dforsh@callaripartners.com

Peter Friedman on behalf of 20 Largest Creditor Pacific Alliance Asia Opportunity Fund L.P. pfriedman@omm.com

Peter Friedman on behalf of Defendant Pacific Alliance Asia Opportunity Fund L.P. pfriedman@omm.com

Peter Friedman on behalf of Plaintiff Pacific Alliance Asia Opportunity Fund L.P. pfriedman@omm.com

Irve J. Goldman on behalf of Creditor Committee Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors igoldman@pullcom.com, rmccoy@pullcom.com

Mia N. Gonzalez on behalf of 20 Largest Creditor Pacific Alliance Asia Opportunity Fund L.P. mgonzalez@omm.com

James C. Graham on behalf of Trustee Luc A Despins jgraham@npmlaw.com, sgibbons@npmlaw.com;NeubertPepeMonteithPC@jubileebk.net

James C. Graham on behalf of Trustee Luc A. Despins jgraham@npmlaw.com, sgibbons@npmlaw.com;NeubertPepeMonteithPC@jubileebk.net

David V. Harbach, II on behalf of 20 Largest Creditor Pacific Alliance Asia Opportunity Fund L.P. dharbach@omm.com

Eric A. Henzy on behalf of Debtor Ho Wan Kwok

ehenzy@zeislaw.com, cjervey@zeislaw.com

Eric A. Henzy on behalf of Defendant Ho Wan Kwok ehenzy@zeislaw.com, cjervey@zeislaw.com

Eric A. Henzy on behalf of Defendant Ho Wan Kwok ehenzy@zeislaw.com, cjervey@zeislaw.com

Eric A. Henzy on behalf of Interested Party HK International Funds Investments (USA) Limited, LLC ehenzy@zeislaw.com, cjervey@zeislaw.com

Jeffrey L Jonas on behalf of Debtor Ho Wan Kwok jjonas@brownrudnick.com

Jonathan Kaplan on behalf of Creditor Committee Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors jkaplan@pullcom.com, prulewicz@pullcom.com;rmccoy@pullcom.com

Stephen M. Kindseth on behalf of Debtor Ho Wan Kwok skindseth@zeislaw.com, cjervey@zeislaw.com

Stephen M. Kindseth on behalf of Interested Party HK International Funds Investments (USA) Limited, LLC skindseth@zeislaw.com, cjervey@zeislaw.com

Stephen M. Kindseth on behalf of Interested Party Mei Guo skindseth@zeislaw.com, cjervey@zeislaw.com

Dylan Kletter on behalf of Debtor Ho Wan Kwok dkletter@brownrudnick.com, adeering@brownrudnick.com;upinelo@brownrudnick.com;bsilverberg@brownrudnick.com;rstark@brownrudnick.com

Patrick R. Linsey on behalf of Trustee Luc A Despins plinsey@npmlaw.com, karguello@npmlaw.com;NeubertPepeMonteithPC@jubileebk.net

Patrick R. Linsey on behalf of Trustee Luc A. Despins plinsey@npmlaw.com, karguello@npmlaw.com;NeubertPepeMonteithPC@jubileebk.net

Avram Emmanuel Luft on behalf of Trustee Luc A. Despins aviluft@pauhastings.com

Kristin B. Mayhew on behalf of 20 Largest Creditor Rui Ma kmayhew@mdmc-law.com, kwarshauer@mdmc-law.com;bdangelo@mdmc-law.com

Kristin B. Mayhew on behalf of 20 Largest Creditor Weican Meng kmayhew@mdmc-law.com, kwarshauer@mdmc-law.com;bdangelo@mdmc-law.com

Kristin B. Mayhew on behalf of Creditor Zheng Wu kmayhew@mdmc-law.com, kwarshauer@mdmc-law.com;bdangelo@mdmc-law.com

Kristin B. Mayhew on behalf of Plaintiff Boxun Inc. kmayhew@mdmc-law.com, kwarshauer@mdmc-law.com;bdangelo@mdmc-law.com

Kristin B. Mayhew on behalf of Plaintiff Rui Ma kmayhew@mdmc-law.com, kwarshauer@mdmc-law.com;bdangelo@mdmc-law.com

Kristin B. Mayhew on behalf of Plaintiff Weican (Watson) Meng kmayhew@mdmc-law.com, kwarshauer@mdmc-law.com;bdangelo@mdmc-law.com

Kristin B. Mayhew on behalf of Plaintiff Yang Lan kmayhew@mdmc-law.com, kwarshauer@mdmc-law.com;bdangelo@mdmc-law.com

Kristin B. Mayhew on behalf of Plaintiff Zheng Wu kmayhew@mdmc-law.com, kwarshauer@mdmc-law.com;bdangelo@mdmc-law.com Timothy D. Miltenberger on behalf of Interested Party Golden Spring (New York) LTD Tmiltenberger@cbshealaw.com, msullivan@cbshealaw.com;dtempera@cbshealaw.com

Aaron A Mitchell on behalf of Debtor Ho Wan Kwok aaron@lmesq.com

James M. Moriarty on behalf of Debtor Ho Wan Kwok jmoriarty@zeislaw.com, kjoseph@zeislaw.com

James M. Moriarty on behalf of Defendant Ho Wan Kwok jmoriarty@zeislaw.com, kjoseph@zeislaw.com

James M. Moriarty on behalf of Defendant Ho Wan Kwok jmoriarty@zeislaw.com, kjoseph@zeislaw.com

Sara Pahlavan on behalf of 20 Largest Creditor Pacific Alliance Asia Opportunity Fund L.P. spahlavan@omm.com

Lucas Bennett Rocklin on behalf of Trustee Luc A. Despins lrocklin@npmlaw.com, NeubertPepeMonteithPC@jubileebk.net

Aaron Romney on behalf of Debtor Ho Wan Kwok aromney@zeislaw.com, swenthen@zeislaw.com

Aaron Romney on behalf of Defendant Ho Wan Kwok aromney@zeislaw.com, swenthen@zeislaw.com

Aaron Romney on behalf of Defendant Ho Wan Kwok aromney@zeislaw.com, swenthen@zeislaw.com

Aaron Romney on behalf of Interested Party HK International Funds Investments (USA) Limited, LLC aromney@zeislaw.com, swenthen@zeislaw.com

Aaron Romney on behalf of Interested Party Mei Guo aromney@zeislaw.com, swenthen@zeislaw.com

Aaron Romney on behalf of Plaintiff HK International Funds Investments (USA) Limited, LLC aromney@zeislaw.com, swenthen@zeislaw.com

Scott D. Rosen on behalf of Interested Party Golden Spring (New York) LTD srosen@cb-shea.com, msullivan@cbshealaw.com;dtempera@cbshealaw.com

Thomas J. Sansone on behalf of Attorney Michael S. Weinstein tsansone@carmodylaw.com

Thomas J. Sansone on behalf of Creditor Chong Shen Raphanella tsansone@carmodylaw.com

Thomas J. Sansone on behalf of Creditor Rong Zhang tsansone@carmodylaw.com

Thomas J. Sansone on behalf of Creditor Xiaodan Wang tsansone@carmodylaw.com

Thomas J. Sansone on behalf of Plaintiff Chong Shen Raphanella tsansone@carmodylaw.com

Thomas J. Sansone on behalf of Plaintiff Rong Zhang tsansone@carmodylaw.com

Thomas J. Sansone on behalf of Plaintiff Xiaodan Wang tsansone@carmodylaw.com

Stuart M. Sarnoff on behalf of 20 Largest Creditor Pacific Alliance Asia Opportunity Fund L.P. ssarnoff@omm.com, stuart-sarnoff-1059@ecf.pacerpro.com

Stuart M. Sarnoff on behalf of Defendant Pacific Alliance Asia Opportunity Fund L.P. ssarnoff@omm.com, stuart-sarnoff-1059@ecf.pacerpro.com

Stuart M. Sarnoff on behalf of Plaintiff Pacific Alliance Asia Opportunity Fund L.P. ssarnoff@omm.com, stuart-sarnoff-1059@ecf.pacerpro.com

Bennett Silverberg on behalf of Debtor Ho Wan Kwok bsilverberg@brownrudnick.com

Douglas S. Skalka on behalf of Trustee Luc A. Despins dskalka@npmlaw.com, smowery@npmlaw.com;NeubertPepeMonteithPC@jubileebk.net

Annecca H. Smith on behalf of 20 Largest Creditor Pacific Alliance Asia Opportunity Fund L.P. asmith@rc.com

Annecca H. Smith on behalf of Plaintiff Pacific Alliance Asia Opportunity Fund L.P. asmith@rc.com

U. S. Trustee USTPRegion02.NH.ECF@USDOJ.GOV

Michael S. Weinstein on behalf of Creditor Chong Shen Raphanella mweinstein@golenbock.com

Michael S. Weinstein on behalf of Creditor Rong Zhang mweinstein@golenbock.com

Michael S. Weinstein on behalf of Creditor Xiaodan Wang mweinstein@golenbock.com

Jay Marshall Wolman on behalf of Creditor Logan Cheng jmw@randazza.com, ecf-6898@ecf.pacerpro.com

Jay Marshall Wolman on behalf of Plaintiff Logan Cheng jmw@randazza.com, ecf-6898@ecf.pacerpro.com

Peter J. Zarella on behalf of 20 Largest Creditor Rui Ma pzarella@mdmc-law.com

Peter J. Zarella on behalf of 20 Largest Creditor Weican Meng pzarella@mdmc-law.com

Peter J. Zarella on behalf of Creditor Zheng Wu pzarella@mdmc-law.com

#### **22-50073 Notice will not be electronically mailed to:**

Brown Rudnick LLP One Financial Center Boston, MA 02111

Andrew M. Carty on behalf of Debtor Ho Wan Kwok Brown Rudnick LLP Seven Times Square New York, NY 10036

Chao-Chih Chiu c/o TroyGould PC 1801 Century Park East, 16th Floor Attn: Christopher A. Lilly

Los Angeles, CA 90067-2367

Luc A. Despins on behalf of Trustee Luc A. Despins Paul Hastings LLP 200 Park Avenue New York, NY 10166

Baosheng Guo

,

Steven E. Mackey on behalf of U.S. Trustee U. S. Trustee Office of the U.S. Trustee The Giaimo Federal Building 150 Court Street, Room 302 New Haven, CT 06510

Pullman & Comley, LLC 850 Main Street Bridgeport, CT 06601

Stretto 410 Exchange, Suite 100 Irvine, CA 92602

Huizhen Wang c/o TroyGould PC 1801 Century Park East, 16th Floor Attn: Christopher A. Lilly Los Angeles, CA 90067-2367

Yunxia Wu c/o TroyGould PC 1801 Century Park East, 16th Floor Attn: Christopher A. Lilly Los Angeles, CA 90067

Ning Ye

,

,

Yongbing Zhang 223 West Jackson Bl;vd. #1012 Chicago, IL 60606

Yan Zhao

Keyi Zilkie c/o TroyGould PC 1801 Century Park East, 16th Floor Attn: Christopher A. Lilly Los Angeles, CA 90067