Case 08-11525-BLS Doc 1754 Filed 10/14/08 Entered 10/14/08 12:58:09 Desc Main Document Page 1 of 2 UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE In re : Chapter 11 SEMCRUDE, L.P., et al., : Case Number 08-11525 (BLS) Debtors. : (Jointly Administered) APPLICATION OF THE UNITED STATES TRUSTEE FOR ORDER APPROVING APPOINTMENT OF EXAMINER Roberta A. DeAngelis, Acting United States Trustee for Region 3 ( U.S. Trustee ), hereby applies to the Court pursuant to Fed. R. Bankr. P. 2007.1(c) for an order approving the appointment of the examiner, and in support thereof, states: 1. The U.S. Trustee has appointed Louis J. Freeh, Esquire as Examiner in the abovecaptioned cases. 2. Counsel for the U.S. Trustee has consulted with the following parties-in-interest regarding the appointment of the Examiner: a. Counsel to the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors; b. Counsel to the Debtors; c. Counsel to the Agent for the Debtor-in-Possession Lender(s); and d. Other parties in interest. 3. To the best of the U.S. Trustee's knowledge, the Examiner s connections with the Debtor(s), creditors, and other entities identified in the Examiner s Declaration (attached as Exhibit A to this Application) are limited to the connections set forth in that Declaration. 1
Case 08-11525-BLS Doc 1754 Filed 10/14/08 Entered 10/14/08 12:58:09 Desc Main Document Page 2 of 2 WHEREFORE the U.S. Trustee requests that this Court enter an order approving the appointment of Louis J. Freeh, Esquire as Examiner in the above-captioned cases. Respectfully submitted, ROBERTA A. DeANGELIS ACTING UNITED STATES TRUSTEE Date: October 14, 2008 BY: /s/ William K. Harrington William K. Harrington, Esquire (# 4051) Assistant United States Trustee United States Department of Justice Office of the United States Trustee J. Caleb Boggs Federal Building 844 King Street, Room 2207, Lockbox 35 (302) 573-6491 (302) 573-6497 (Fax) 2
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Case 08-11525-BLS Doc 1754-2 Filed 10/14/08 Entered 10/14/08 12:58:09 Desc Proposed Form of Order Page 1 of 1 UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE In re : Chapter 11 SEMCRUDE, L.P., et al., : Case Number 08-11525 (BLS) Debtors. : (Jointly Administered) Related to Docket Entry # ORDER APPROVING APPOINTMENT OF EXAMINER The Court having considered the United States Trustee's application for approval of the appointment of Louis J. Freeh, Esquire as Examiner in the above-captioned cases, it is hereby ORDERED that the appointment is APPROVED. BY THE COURT: The Honorable Brendan Linehan Shannon United States Bankruptcy Judge Date: October, 2008
Case 08-11525-BLS Doc 1754-3 Filed 10/14/08 Entered 10/14/08 12:58:09 Desc Certificate of Service Page 1 of 2 UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE In re : Chapter 11 SEMCRUDE, L.P., et al., : Case Number 08-11525 (BLS) Debtors. : (Jointly Administered) CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I certify that, on October 14, 2008, I caused to be served copies of the following documents via first class United States mail (postage prepaid) to the persons listed below. 1. United States Trustee s Application for Appointment of the Examiner (with attachments); and 2. Notice of Appointment of Examiner. Louis J. Freeh, Esquire Freeh Group International 500 Delaware Avenue, Suite 710 Ph: (302) 824-7139 Fax: (302) 824-7148 Garvan F. McDaniel, Esquire Ian Connor Bifferato, Esquire Bifferato Gentilotti LLC 800 N. King Street Plaza Level Ph: (302) 429-1900 Fax: (302) 429-8600 Mark D. Collins, Esquire John H. Knight, Esquire L. Katherine Good, Esquire RICHARDS, LAYTON & FINGER One Rodney Square P.O. Box 551 Wilmington, DE 19899 Ph: (302) 651-7700 Fax: (302) 651-7701 Bonnie Glantz Fatell, Esquire David W. Carickoff, Jr., Esquire Blank Rome LLP 1201 Market Street, Suite 800 Ph: (302) 425-6423 Fax: (302) 425-6464 Susheel Kirpalani, Esquire James C. Tecce, Esquire Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver & Hedges, LLP 51 Madison Avenue, 22 nd Floor New York, NY 10010 Ph: (212) 849-7000 Fax: (212) 849-7100 Martin Sosland, Esquire WEIL, GOTSHAL & MANGES, LLP 767 Fifth Avenue New York, NY 10153 Ph: (212) 310-8000 Fax: (212) 310-8007 1
Case 08-11525-BLS Doc 1754-3 Filed 10/14/08 Entered 10/14/08 12:58:09 Desc Certificate of Service Page 2 of 2 Michael Busenkell, Esquire Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLP 222 Delaware Avenue Wilmington, Delaware 19801 Ph: (302) 252-4324 Fax: (302) 661-7724 Margot B. Schonholtz, Esquire Scott D. Talmadge, Esquire Kaye Scholer 425 Park Avenue New York, NY 10022-3598 Ph: (212) 836-8000 Fax: (212) 836-8389 Laurie Selber Silverstein, Esquire Potter Anderson & Corroon, LLP Hercules Plaza, 6 th Floor 1313 N. Market Street Ph: (302) 984-6033 Fax: (302) 658-1192 Rachel B. Mersky, Esquire Monzack Mersky McLaughlin & Browder, PA 1201 N. Orange Street, Suite 400 Ph: (302) 656-8162 Fax: (302) 656-2769 Kathleen M. Miller, Esquire Smith Katzenstein & Furlow, LLP The Corporate Plaza 800 Delaware Avenue P.O. Box 410 Wilmington, DE 19899 Ph: (302) 652-8400 Fax: (302) 652-8402 /s/ Bonnie A. Anemone Bonnie A. Anemone Paralegal 2