--- type: court_doc id: "court_ctb_711_0" court: "CTB" case_no: "22-50073" doc_number: 711 doc_type: "ORDER" filed_date: null lang: "en" machine_translated: false url: "https://mubeitech.com/en/court/court_ctb_711_0" json_url: "https://mubeitech.com/api/court/court_ctb_711_0" --- # 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 – 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] [skindseth@zeislaw.com] [aromney@zeislaw.com] [jmoriarty@zeislaw.com] [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 **\\\NOTE TO PUBLIC ACCESS USERS\\\ Judicial Conference of the United States policy permits attorneys of record and parties in a case (including pro se litigants) to receive one free electronic copy of all documents filed electronically, if receipt is required by law or directed by the filer. PACER access fees apply to all other users. To avoid later charges, download a copy of each document during this first viewing. However, if the referenced document is a transcript, the free copy and 30-page limit do not apply.** 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] Document Number: [667] 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