DirectBuy Home Improvement, Inc.
11
Stacey L. Meisel
10/16/2023
10/30/2025
Yes
v
| CLMAGT, CONFIRMED | 
| Assigned to: Judge Stacey L. Meisel Chapter 11 Voluntary Asset | 
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| Debtor DirectBuy Home Improvement, Inc. 1855 W. 139th Street Gardena, CA 90249 LOS ANGELES-CA Tax ID / EIN: 46-4404292 dba  Z Gallerie | represented by	 | David M. Bass Cole Schotz P.C. Court Plaza North 25 Main Street Hackensack, NJ 07601 201-489-3000 Fax : 201-678-6359 Email: dbass@coleschotz.com Cole Schotz P.C. 25 Main Street Court Paza North Hackensack, NJ 07601 201-489-3000 Fax : 201-489-1536 Matteo Percontino Cole Schotz P.C. 25 Main Street Court Plaza North Hackensack, NJ 07601 201-525-6298 Fax : 201-678-6298 Email: mpercontino@coleschotz.com Michael D. Sirota Cole Schotz P.C. 25 Main St. Hackensack, NJ 07601 (201) 489-3000 Email: msirota@coleschotz.com | 
| U.S. Trustee U.S. Trustee US Dept of Justice Office of the US Trustee One Newark Center Ste 2100 Newark, NJ 07102 (973) 645-3014 | represented by	 | Fran B. Steele U.S. Department of Justice Office of the US Trustee One Newark Center Suite 2100 Newark, NJ 07102-5504 (973) 645-3014 Fax : (973) 645-5993 Email: Fran.B.Steele@usdoj.gov | 
| Creditor Committee Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors | represented by	 | Jordan Seth Blask Frost Brown Todd LLP 501 Grant Street Suite 800 Pittsburgh, PA 15219 412-513-4300 Email: jblask@fbtlaw.com Frost Brown Todd LLP 501 Grant Street Suite 800 Pittsburgh, PA 15219 412-513-4300 Fax : 412-513-4299 | 
| Date Filed | # | Docket Text | 
|---|---|---|
| 10/30/2025 | 737 | Order of Recusal. Involvement of Honorable Stacey L. Meisel (and the associated confirmation hearing) terminated. Honorable John K. Sherwood added. Service of notice of the entry of this order pursuant to Rule 9022 was made on the appropriate parties. See BNC Certificate of Notice. Signed on 10/30/2025. (LVJ) (Entered: 10/30/2025) | 
| 10/28/2025 | Hearing Rescheduled from 10/29/2025 as per request made to chambers. The Court is not docketing the letter because it conteins information irrelevant to an adjournment request and the court will not consider in so far as an adjournment request. (related document:659 Notice of Hearing for: (related document:656 Motion to dismiss case for other reasons re:Emergency Motion to Dismiss Chapter 11 Case for Bad Faith and Fraud; to Disqualify Debtor's Counsel (Cole Schotz P.C. and Michael D. Sirota) and Disgorge Compensation; to Correct False Sworn Petition; and To Refer Suspected Bankruptcy Offenses Under 18 U.S.C. § 3057 Filed by Thomas Pope.. (Attachments: # 1 Certification # 2 Proposed Order # 3 Certificate of Service # 4 Exhibit A- Master Service List) filed by Creditor Thomas Pope). The following parties were served: Debtor, Debtor's Attorney, Trustee, and US Trustee. Hearing scheduled for 10/29/2025 at 10:00 AM, SLM - Courtroom 3A, Newark..)Hearing scheduled for 12/09/2025 at 10:00 AM, SLM - Courtroom 3A, Newark. (ntp) (Entered: 10/28/2025) | |
| 10/28/2025 | Hearing Rescheduled from 10/29/2025. (related document:734 Cross Motion re: to Expunge the Popes' Claims and for Related Relief (related document:652 Motion to Appoint Examiner filed by Creditor Thomas Pope) Filed by Louis Anthony Modugno on behalf of Alex Zyngier, as Liquidation Trustee. (Attachments: # 1 Application # 2 Proposed Order) Filed by Interested Party Alex Zyngier, as Liquidation Trustee)Hearing scheduled for 11/12/2025 at 10:00 AM, JKS - Courtroom 3D, Newark. (mff) (Entered: 10/28/2025) | |
| 10/28/2025 | Hearing Rescheduled from 10/29/2025. (related document:652 Motion to Appoint Examiner and for Related Relief in Light of Alter Ego Enterprise and Insider Misconduct (The Motion )Filed by Thomas Pope; Elena Pope. (Attachments: # 1 Motion # 2 Proposed Order # 3 Certificate of Service # 4 Exhibit # 5 Copy of Envelope) (ntp)Modified on 9/22/2025 (ntp). Filed by Creditor Thomas Pope)Hearing scheduled for 11/12/2025 at 10:00 AM, JKS - Courtroom 3D, Newark. (mff) (Entered: 10/28/2025) | |
| 10/27/2025 | 736 | Certificate of Service (related document:733 Response filed by Other Prof. Cole Schotz P.C.) filed by David M. Bass on behalf of Cole Schotz P.C.. (Bass, David) (Entered: 10/27/2025) | 
| 10/27/2025 | The following matters: Motion to Appoint Examiner and for Related Relief... (ECF No. 652), and the Cross Motion (ECF No. 734), scheduled on October 29, 2025, will be rescheduled to a date to be determined before the Honorable John K. Sherwood. (LVJ) (Entered: 10/27/2025) | |
| 10/24/2025 | Adversary Case (2:25-ap-1687) Closed. (dlr) (Entered: 10/24/2025) | |
| 10/22/2025 | 735 | Certificate of Service (related document:734 Cross Motion filed by Interested Party Alex Zyngier, as Liquidation Trustee) filed by Louis Anthony Modugno on behalf of Alex Zyngier, as Liquidation Trustee. (Modugno, Louis) (Entered: 10/22/2025) | 
| 10/22/2025 | 734 | Cross Motion re: to Expunge the Popes' Claims and for Related Relief (related document:652 Motion to Appoint Examiner filed by Creditor Thomas Pope) Filed by Louis Anthony Modugno on behalf of Alex Zyngier, as Liquidation Trustee. Hearing scheduled for 10/29/2025 at 11:00 AM, SLM - Courtroom 3A, Newark.. (Attachments: # 1 Application # 2 Proposed Order) (Modugno, Louis) (Entered: 10/22/2025) | 
| 10/22/2025 | Adversary Case (2:25-ap-1648) Closed. (dlr) (Entered: 10/22/2025) |