Wisconsin Eastern Bankruptcy Court

Brief Debtor's Brief in Support of Objection to Claim Regarding Late Fees filed by Claire Ann Richman on behalf of Wisconsin & Milwaukee Hotel LLC. (RE: 377 Objection to Claim, 434 Stipulation, 436 Order on Stipulation). (Richman, Claire) (Entered: 04/04/2025)

Response Filed by Debtor In Possession Wisconsin & Milwaukee Hotel LLC / Debtor's Response to Computershare Trust Company, N.A.'s Objection to Disclosure Statement for Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization to (479 Objection filed by Creditor Computershare Trust Company, N.A. and Wisconsin & Milwaukee Hotel Funding LLC) (Richman, Michael) (Entered: 04/04/2025)

Disclosure Statement Amended Disclosure Statement for Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization of Wisconsin & Milwaukee Hotel LLC Dated April 4, 2025 (Redline, with redlined Amended Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization of Wisconsin & Milwaukee Hotel LLC dated April 4, 2025 attached as Exhibit A) Filed by Michael P Richman on behalf of Wisconsin & Milwaukee Hotel LLC. (Richman, Michael) (Entered: 04/04/2025)

Objection Filed by Creditor Computershare Trust Company, N.A. and Wisconsin & Milwaukee Hotel Funding LLC (Re: 476 Application to Employ Mallery s.c. as Special Counsel / Debtor's Application for Order Authorizing the Retention and Employment of Mallery s.c. as Special Counsel for a Specific Purpose Effective as of March 31, 2025 filed by Debtor In Possession Wisconsin & Milwaukee Hotel LLC, 477 Motion to Limit Notice (RE: 476 Application to Employ) / Motion to Shorten Notice of Application for Order Authorizing the Retention and Employment of Mallery s.c. as Special Counsel for a Specific Purpose, Effective as of March 31, 2025 filed by Debtor In Possession Wisconsin & Milwaukee Hotel LLC) (DiCastri, Frank) (Entered: 04/04/2025)

BNC Certificate of Mailing - PDF Document (RE: 482 Order (Generic)). Notice Date 04/03/2025. (Admin.) (Entered: 04/03/2025)

Professional Fees Recorded. (amg, Deputy Clerk) (Entered: 04/01/2025)

Oder Conditionally Approving Payment of January 2025 Invoice from Richman & Richman LLC Pursuant to the Order Approving Alternative Compensation Procedures (RE: 457 Correspondence). (amg, Deputy Clerk) (Signed: 04/01/2025) (Entered: 04/01/2025)

Proposed Order / Order Conditionally Approving Payment of January 2025 Invoice from Richman & Richman LLC Pursuant to the Order Approving Alternative Compensation Procedures RE: 457 - Correspondence filed by Attorney Michael P Richman of Richman & Richman LLC on behalf of Wisconsin & Milwaukee Hotel LLC. Any required notice period has run without objection. (Richman, Michael) (Entered: 04/01/2025)

This order adjudicates in part two requests for procedural relief filed today, March 31, 2025.

First, the debtor filed (1) an application to employ Mallery s.c. as special counsel and (2) a motion to limit notice of that motion. ECF Nos. 476 and 477. The motion to limit notice seeks to require that objections be filed by April 4 and heard at a previously scheduled April 7 hearing. While hearing any dispute about the application on April 7 sensibly conserves resources, the motion does not explain why the debtors were unable to file the application until a week before that hearing, which is to say, the motion seems to fall short of showing the necessary cause under Rule 9006 for shortening the notice period. Still, the court appreciates the likely benefit of considering any dispute about the application promptly. Therefore, it is ordered, that at the April 7 hearing the court will hear argument on the motion to shorten notice and may consider any objection to the application (including any objection made orally at the hearing) on a preliminary (non-evidentiary) basis (including, potentially, ruling on the application at that hearing, if the circumstances warrant).

Second, White Lodging Service Corporation filed an unopposed motion to extend the deadline for it to file a reply in support of its motion for approval of an administrative expense claim, which the court set in its March 26 order. ECF Nos. 478 and 475. White Lodging's motion shows good cause. The problem is that it seeks to extend the time to file the reply from April 1 to April 10, after the April 7 hearing at which the court set the matter to be heard (again with a goal of proceeding efficiently by hearing the motion at a previously scheduled hearing). In an effort to balance these considerations, the court affords White Lodging an option. If it desires a hearing on the motion, it must file any reply by no later than Sunday, April 6; and the court will then hear the matter on April 7, as previously ordered. Alternatively, White Lodging may file any reply on or before April 10, with the understanding that doing so constitutes a forfeiture of any right to be heard orally on the application and in which case there will only be a hearing on the application if the court decides (sua sponte) that one is necessary or beneficial to resolving the matter.

s/ G. Michael Halfenger
Chief Bankruptcy Judge

(RE: 477 Motion to Limit Notice (RE: 476 Application to Employ) / Motion to Shorten Notice of Application for Order Authorizing the Retention and Employment of Mallery s.c. as Special Counsel for a Specific Purpose, Effective as of March 31, 2025, 478 Agreed Motion to Extend Time to file Reply Brief 475 Order (Virtual Event)). (Halfenger, G.) (Entered: 03/31/2025)

Objection Filed by Creditor Computershare Trust Company, N.A. and Wisconsin & Milwaukee Hotel Funding LLC (Re: 393 Disclosure Statement filed by Debtor In Possession Wisconsin & Milwaukee Hotel LLC) (DiCastri, Frank) (Entered: 03/31/2025)