Case number: 8:25-bk-11641 - Scarlet Kitchen & Lounge LLC - California Central Bankruptcy Court

Case Information
  • Case title

    Scarlet Kitchen & Lounge LLC

  • Court

    California Central (cacbke)

  • Chapter

    7

  • Judge

    Scott C Clarkson

  • Filed

    06/17/2025

  • Last Filing

    05/22/2026

  • Asset

    No

  • Vol

    v

Docket Header
Incomplete, CONVERTED



U.S. Bankruptcy Court
Central District of California (Santa Ana)
Bankruptcy Petition #: 8:25-bk-11641-SC

Assigned to: Scott C Clarkson
Chapter 7
Previous chapter 11
Original chapter 11
Voluntary
No asset


Date filed:  06/17/2025
Date converted:  12/11/2025
341 meeting:  01/15/2026
Deadline for objecting to discharge:  09/09/2025

Debtor

Scarlet Kitchen & Lounge LLC

19801 Meadow Ridge Dr Apt 37
Trabuco Canyon, CA 92679
ORANGE-CA
(508) 287-3385
Tax ID / EIN: 83-0926293

represented by
Donald W Reid

Law Office of Donald W. Reid
PO Box 2227
Fallbrook, CA 92088
951-777-2460
Email: don@donreidlaw.com

Trustee

Robert Paul Goe (TR)

Goe Forsythe & Hodges LLP
17701 Cowan
Building D
Ste 210
Irvine, CA 92614
949-794-2460
TERMINATED: 12/11/2025

 
 
Trustee

Weneta M.A. Kosmala (TR)

c/o Law Offices of Weneta M.A. Kosmala
4425 Jamboree Rd., Suite 183
Newport Beach, CA 92660
(714) 708-8190

represented by
Jeffrey I Golden

Golden Goodrich LLP
3070 Bristol Street
Ste 640
Costa Mesa, CA 92626
714-966-1000
Email: jgolden@go2.law

U.S. Trustee

United States Trustee (SA)

411 W Fourth St., Suite 7160
Santa Ana, CA 92701-4593
(714) 338-3400
represented by
Kristin T Mihelic

Office of the US Trustee
411 W Fourth St Ste 7160
Santa Ana, CA 92701
202-495-8751
Email: kmihelic@fennemorelaw.com
TERMINATED: 12/12/2025

Kenneth Misken

DOJ-UST
Office of the United States Trustee
411 W. Fourth St, #7160
Ste 7160
Santa Ana, CA 92701
714-338-3405
Email: Kenneth.M.Misken@usdoj.gov

Latest Dockets

Date Filed#Docket Text
05/22/2026133Notice of motion/application for Order (a) Fixing Last Date for All Creditors with Unpaid Chapter 11 Administrative Claims to File a Request for Payment (2) Approving Form of Notice of Bar Date with Proof of Service. Filed by Trustee Weneta M.A. Kosmala (TR) (RE: related document(s)[132] Motion to Set Last Day to File Proofs of Claim Motion for Order (a) Fixing Last Date for All Creditors with Unpaid Chapter 11 Administrative Claims to File a Request for Payment (2) Approving Form of Notice of Bar Date; Memorandum of Points and Authorities; and Declaration of Weneta M.A. Kosmala in Support Thereof Inclulding Exhibit 1 and Proof of Service. Filed by Trustee Weneta M.A. Kosmala (TR)). (Golden, Jeffrey)
05/22/2026132Motion to Set Last Day to File Proofs of Claim Motion for Order (a) Fixing Last Date for All Creditors with Unpaid Chapter 11 Administrative Claims to File a Request for Payment (2) Approving Form of Notice of Bar Date; Memorandum of Points and Authorities; and Declaration of Weneta M.A. Kosmala in Support Thereof Inclulding Exhibit 1 and Proof of Service. Filed by Trustee Weneta M.A. Kosmala (TR) (Golden, Jeffrey)
05/07/2026131BNC Certificate of Notice - PDF Document. (RE: related document(s)130 Order on Generic Motion (BNC-PDF)) No. of Notices: 1. Notice Date 05/07/2026. (Admin.) (Entered: 05/07/2026)
05/05/2026130ORDER Granting Chapter 7 Trustee's Motion For Order: (1) Authorizing Sale Of Personal Property Pursuant To 11 U.S.C. Sections 363(b) And (f); (2) Deeming Buyer To Be A Good Faith Purchaser Pursuant To 11 U.S.C. Section 363(m); (3) Approving Overbid Procedures; And (4) Authorizing And Approving Assumption And Assignment Of Lease Pursuant To 11 U.S.C. Section 365. IT IS ORDERED: 1. The MOTION Is GRANTED. 2. The OVERBID PROCEDURES Outlined In The Motion Are APPROVED. 3. Pursuant To 11 U.S.C. Section 363(b) And (f), The Trustee Is Authorized To Sell The Property To RJB7 Restaurant Group, LLC (The "Buyer") Or The Buyer's Designee For the Purchase Price Of $125,000 To The Estate (The "Sale"), As-Is, Where-Is, Without Representations Or Warranties, Express Or Implied, Free And Clear Of Any And All Liens, Claims, And Interests. 4. The Buyer And The Buyer's Designee Are Entitled To The Protections Of 11 U.S.C. Section 363(m). 5. The Terms Of The Purchase Agreement Are APPROVED In Their Entirety, And The Trustee Is Authorized To Execute The Purchase Agreement. 6. Upon The Closing Of The Sale, The Lease Shall Be Deemed Assumed And Assigned To The Buyer, Pursuant To 11 U.S.C. Section 365(a), And The Trustee Is Authorized To Execute The Lease Assignment. (SEE ORDER FOR RULING ON ITEMS 7, 8, 9, AND 10 ) 11. The Stay Imposed By Federal Rules Of Bankruptcy Procedure 6004(h) And 6006(d) Is WAIVED And This Order Shall Be Effective Immediately Upon Entry, and The Trustee And The Buyer Are Authorized To Close The Sale Immediately Upon Entry Of This Order. (BNC-PDF) (Related Doc # 111 ) Signed on 5/5/2026 (NB8) (Entered: 05/05/2026)
04/28/2026129Notice of lodgment of Order in Bankruptcy Case re: Chapter 7 Trustee for Order: (1) Authorizing Sale of Personal Property Pursuant to 11 U.S.C. §§ 363(b) and (f); (2) Deeming Buyer to be a Good Faith Purchaser Pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 363(m); (3) Approving Overbid Procedures; and (4) Authorizing and Approving Assumption and Assignment of Lease Pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 365 With Proof of Service Filed by Trustee Weneta M.A. Kosmala (TR) (RE: related document(s)[111] Motion of Chapter 7 Trustee for Order: (1) Authorizing Sale of Personal Property Pursuant to 11 U.S.C. §§ 363(b) and (f); (2) Deeming Buyer to be a Good Faith Purchaser Pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 363(m); (3) Approving Overbid Procedures; and (4) Authorizing and Approving Assumption and Assignment of Lease Pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 365; Memorandum of Points and Authorities and Declarations of Weneta M.A. Kosmala and Russell Bendel in Support Including Exhibits A and B to the Declaration of Weneta M.A. Kosmala Filed by Trustee Weneta M.A. Kosmala (TR) (Attachments: # 1 Proposed Order Proposed Order)). (Golden, Jeffrey)
04/16/2026128Hearing Held On (RE: related document(s)[111] Chapter 7 Trustee's Motion For Order: (1) Authorizing Sale Of Personal Property Pursuant To 11 U.S.C. Sections 363(b) And (f); (2) Deeming Buyer To Be A Good Faith Purchaser Pursuant To 11 U.S.C. Section 363(m); (3) Approving Overbid Procedures; And (4) Authorizing And Approving Assumption And Assignment Of Lease Pursuant To 11 U.S.C. Section 365 filed by Trustee Weneta M.A. Kosmala (TR)) - GRANTTED; ORDER BY ATTORNEY (GD)
04/09/2026127Objection (related document(s): [111] Motion of Chapter 7 Trustee for Order: (1) Authorizing Sale of Personal Property Pursuant to 11 U.S.C. §§ 363(b) and (f); (2) Deeming Buyer to be a Good Faith Purchaser Pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 363(m); (3) Approving Overbid Procedures; filed by Trustee Weneta M.A. Kosmala (TR), [115] Order on Generic Application (BNC-PDF), [116] Hearing Set (Motion) (BK Case - BNC Option), [117] Proof of service filed by Trustee Weneta M.A. Kosmala (TR), [118] Notice of Hearing (BK Case) filed by Trustee Weneta M.A. Kosmala (TR), [119] Proof of service filed by Trustee Weneta M.A. Kosmala (TR), [120] Declaration filed by Trustee Weneta M.A. Kosmala (TR)) Filed by Creditor RMV Sendero Marketplace (Park, Ernie)
04/07/2026126Errata Regarding Declaration of David M Fitzgerald Regarding Telephonic Notice of Shortened Time Hearing on Chapter 7 Trustee's Motion for Order: (1) Authorizing Sale of Personal Property Pursuant to 11 U.S.C. §§ 363(b) and (f); (2) Deeming Buyer to be a Good Faith Purchaser Pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 363(m); (3) Approving Overbid Procedures; and (4) Authorizing and Approving Assumption and Assignment of Lease Pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 365 with Proof of Service. Filed by Trustee Weneta M.A. Kosmala (TR) (RE: related document(s)[120] Declaration). (Golden, Jeffrey)
04/06/2026125Notice to Filer of Error and/or Deficient Document Non-compliance with LBR 9004-1 and Court Manual 2-5(c)(3) - No caption page on PDF was attached to the docket entry. THE FILER IS INSTRUCTED TO RE-FILE THE DOCUMENT WITH THE CORRECT PDF IMMEDIATELY. (RE: related document(s)[123] Exhibit filed by Trustee Weneta M.A. Kosmala (TR)) (NB8)
04/04/2026124BNC Certificate of Notice - PDF Document. (RE: related document(s)[115] Order on Generic Application (BNC-PDF)) No. of Notices: 1. Notice Date 04/04/2026. (Admin.)