Dated: December 17, 2010
[1] Perhaps hoping to prejudice the Court by implying that Velvel has little concern, the Trustee says that "Dean Velvel failed to appear at the hearing" of November 10th. (Objection, p. 1.) Because the BLMIS bankruptcy occurred in New York, the bankruptcy and SIPC proceedings had to be in New York in the Madoff case, although this case is one of those in which victims are spread all over the map, and even American victims (let alone foreign ones) may live hundreds or even thousands of miles from the Court. Such victims, including Velvel, who lives in New Hampshire, can find it difficult to get to New York City for Bankruptcy Court hearings, of which there are many important ones, and consequently must ordinarily rely on written papers to put forth their position in the Bankruptcy Court, as has Velvel.
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