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JEFFREY M. FORSTER (SBN 50519) 160 West Santa Clara Street, Suite 1100 San Jose, CA 95113 Telephone: (408) 977-3137 Facsimile: (408) 977-3141 Email: [email protected] STEVEN R. LEVY (State Bar No. 103164) 17670 Woodland Avenue Morgan Hill, CA 95037 Telephone: (408) 274-7000 Facsimile: (408) 274-9000 Email: [email protected] Attorneys for Plaintiffs UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

10 FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 11 SAN JOSE DIVISION 12 YU-SZE YEN, et. al, 13 Plaintiffs, 14 v. 15 RONALD BUCHHOLZ, et. al., 16 Defendants. 17 18 19 20 21 22 TO THE COURT AND ALL PARTIES OF RECORD: 23 24 PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT the cases described below arepending before the United 25 States District Court for the Northern District of California which, pursuant to Local Rules 3-12 and 326 13 of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, are related to this action. 27 ///// 28 ///// Magistrate: Courtroom: Complaint Filed: Trial Date: JURY TRIAL DEMANDED Patricia V. Trumbull July 23, 2008 Judge: LOCAL RULE 3-13 NOTICE OF RELATED CASES CASE NUMBER: C08 03535 PVT

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FIRST RELATED CASE

Steve Trachsel, et. al., v. Ronald Buchholz, et. al., 5:08-CV-02248-RMW U. S. Dist. Court, Northern District of California (San Jose Division) Ronald M. Whyte Richard Seeborg April 30, 2008 Steve Trachsel; Sun City Towers, LLC; Thomas Cirrito, an Individual, Atocha Land, LLC; Michael Cirrito; Cirrito Holdings, LLC Ronald Buchholz, Charice Fischer, RDB Development, LLC; Solomon Capital, LLC; Jonathon Vento; Grace Capital, LLC, dba Grace Communities; Donald Zeleznak; Z-LOFT, LLC; Zeleznak Property Management, LLC dba Keller Williams Realty; Keller Williams Realty, Inc. This is an unlimited civil action alleging multiple causes of action (e.g., RICO; Securities Exchange Act violations; California Business & Professions Code violations; California Corporations Code violations; and related common law causes of action). Plaintiffs allege that Defendants created a real estate "Ponzi scheme" to defraud investors of millions of dollars. The named defendants, factual allegations, causes of action, web of entities used by the defendants, events, transactions, occurrences, real estate "projects" involved are greatly intertwined with and overlap those of the instant matter.

SECOND RELATED CASE VisionQuest CHC, LLC et al v. Buchholz et al. 5:08-CV-03410-RMW U. S. Dist. Court, Northern District of California (San Jose Division) July 17, 2008 Ronald M. Whyte Howard R. Lloyd VisionQuest CHC, LLC; Gateway Community Church

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Defendants:

Charise Buchholz; Ronald Buchholz; Community Real Estate, LLC; EEI-Ray Ranch, LLC; EENI-Durango Trails, LLC; EENI-Paseo Village, LLC; EENI-Patriot Courtyards, LLC; EENI-Patriot Courtyards, LLC; Equity Enterprises of Nevada, Inc.; Equity Enterprises, Inc.; Phoenix Valley Development, LLC; RDB Development, LLC; RNC Holdings, LLC; Solomon Capital, Inc.; The District, LLC. This is an unlimited civil action alleging seventeen causes of actions (e.g., violations of securities laws and related common law causes of action). Plaintiffs allege that Defendants created a real estate "Ponzi scheme" to defraud investors of millions of dollars. The named defendants, factual allegations, causes of action, web of entities used by the defendants, events, transactions, occurrences, real estate "projects" involved are greatly intertwined with and overlap those of the instant matter.

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THIRD RELATED CASE

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Cirrito, et. al., v. RNC Holdings, LLC, et. al. 5:08-CV-03476-RS U. S. Dist. Court, Northern District of California (San Jose Division) July 18, 2008

Richard Seeborg Thomas Cirrito; Atocha Land LLC RNC Holdings, LLC; Ronald Buchholz, Charice Fischer (aka Charice Buchholz) This is an unlimited civil action alleging multiple causes of action (e.g., RICO; Securities Exchange Act violations; California Business & Professions Code violations; California Corporations Code violations; and related common law causes of action). Plaintiffs allege that Defendants created a real estate "Ponzi scheme" to defraud investors of millions of dollars. The named defendants, factual allegations, causes of action, web of entities used by the defendants, events, transactions, occurrences, real estate "projects" involved are greatly intertwined with and overlap those of the instant matter. Plaintiffs in this matter have filed a Notice of Related Case regarding the matter of Steve Trachsel, et. al., v. Ronald Buchholz, et. al., (5:08-CV-02248-RMW).

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FOURTH RELATED CASE

Cirrito, et. al., v. RNC Holdings, LLC, et. al. 5:08-CV-03477-PVT U. S. Dist. Court, Northern District of California (San Jose Division) July 18, 2008

Patricia V. Trumbull, presiding Thomas Cirrito; Atocha Land LLC RNC Holdings, LLC; Ronald Buchholz; Charice Fischer This is an unlimited civil action alleging multiple causes of action for RICO; Securities Exchange Act violations; California Corporations ode violations; and Breach of Fiduciary Duty. Plaintiffs allege that Defendants created a real estate "Ponzi scheme" to defraud investors of millions of dollars. The named defendants, factual allegations, causes of action, web of entities used by the defendants, events, transactions, occurrences, real estate "projects" involved are greatly intertwined with and overlap those of the instant matter. Plaintiffs in this matter have filed a Notice of Related Cases regarding the matter of Steve Trachsel, et. al., v. Ronald Buchholz, et. al., (5:08-CV-02248-RMW), and Cirrito, et. al., v. RNC Holdings, LLC, et. al., (5:08-CV-03476-RS).

/s/ Steven R. Levy Attorney for Plaintiffs /s/ Jeffrey M. Forster Attorney for Plaintiffs

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