Case Name: In re Ex parte APPLICATION OF Guy GISSIN, solely in his capacity as court appointed liquidator of Sybil Europe Public Co. Limited, for an order pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 1782 to conduct discovery for use in a foreign hearing Guy Gissin, Petitioner-Appellee, v. Alan Freedman, Moore Capital Management, LLC, LM Moore SP Investments, Ltd., Respondents-Appellants
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2016-05-17
Citations: 649 F. App'x 27
Docket Number: No. 16-370-cv
Parties: In re Ex parte APPLICATION OF Guy GISSIN, solely in his capacity as court appointed liquidator of Sybil Europe Public Co. Limited, for an order pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 1782 to conduct discovery for use in a foreign hearing Guy Gissin, Petitioner-Appellee, v. Alan Freedman, Moore Capital Management, LLC, LM Moore SP Investments, Ltd., Respondents-Appellants.
Judges: Present: ROSEMARY S. POOLER, DEBRA ANN LIVINGSTON and SUSAN L. CARNEY, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 649
Pages: 27–29

Head Matter:
In re Ex parte APPLICATION OF Guy GISSIN, solely in his capacity as court appointed liquidator of Sybil Europe Public Co. Limited, for an order pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 1782 to conduct discovery for use in a foreign hearing Guy Gissin, Petitioner-Appellee, v. Alan Freedman, Moore Capital Management, LLC, LM Moore SP Investments, Ltd., Respondents-Appellants.
No. 16-370-cv.
United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.
May 17, 2016.
Christopher M. Egleson, Sidley Austin LLP (Christina Prusak Chianese, Nancy Chung, on the brief), New York, NY, for Appellants.
Michael S. Devorkin, Golenbock Eise-man Assor Bell & Peskoe LLP (Alexander K. Parachini, on the brief), New York, NY, for Appellee.
Present: ROSEMARY S. POOLER, DEBRA ANN LIVINGSTON and SUSAN L. CARNEY, Circuit Judges.
. The Clerk of the Court is respectfully directed to amend the caption as above.

Opinion:
SUMMARY ORDER
Alan Freedman, Moore Capital Management, LLC, and LM Moore SP Investments, Ltd. (together, the "Moore Defendants") appeal from the January 7, 2016 and February 6, 2016 orders of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Hellerstein, J.) granting the application of Guy Gissin for discovery pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1782. We assume the parties' familiarity with the underlying facts, procedural history, and specification of issues for review.
Gissin seeks to obtain evidence pursuant to Section 1782, which allows district courts to issue orders that allow parties to take discovery in the United States "for use in a proceeding in a foreign or international tribunal." 28 U.S.C. § 1782(a). On appeal, the only argument advanced is that the discovery sought is not "for use" in a foreign proceeding, .and thus does not fall within the parameters of Section 1782.
We agree with the district court that Lancaster Factoring Co. v. Mangone, 90 F.3d 38, 42 (2d Cir.1996) controls the outcome here. There, our Court held that a foreign bankruptcy proceeding "is within the intended scope of § 1782." Id. We rejected respondent's argument that the discovery was not for use in a foreign proceeding "because Lancaster may or may not exercise its option to acquire whatever claims it may find and may or may not decide to commence a proceeding to pursue those claims." Id. "[RJegardless of what may happen in the future, there is already a proceeding pending, to wit, the bankruptcy proceeding in Milan." Id.; see also In re Application of Hill, No. M19-117(RJH), 2005 WL 1330769, at * 5 (S.D.N.Y. June 3, 2005) (granting Section 1782 petition to liquidator in a Hong Kong liquidation proceeding, noting that "[t]he fact that the Liquidators may use the fruits of discovery to pursue potential claims against third parties does not undermine their equally legitimate goals of reconstructing financial records, evaluating key transactions and identifying and recovering the debtors' assets").
We have considered the remainder of the Moore Defendants' arguments and find them to be without merit. Accordingly, the order of the district court hereby is AFFIRMED.