Guo Wengui / Miles Guo — bankruptcy case · ORDER · ECF #758

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

| --------------------------------------------------------x | | |-----------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------| | In re: | :<br>:<br>Chapter 11 | | HO WAN KWOK, | :<br>:<br>Case No. 22-50073 (JAM) | | Debtor. | :<br>:<br>RE: ECF No. 638<br>: | | --------------------------------------------------------x | |

## **ORDER**

## **GRANTING CHAPTER 11 TRUSTEE'S APPLICATION FOR RULE 2004 DISCOVERY WITH RESPECT TO VARIOUS ENTITIES AND INDIVIDUALS AFFILIATED WITH DEBTOR**

Upon 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

**ORDERED**: The Rule 2004 Motion is granted as set forth below.

**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.

**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.

**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.

**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.

Dated at Bridgeport, Connecticut this 16th day of August, 2022.