No. CIV. S-01-2271 WBS/DAD March 19, 2002 Kevin P. Roddy, Hagens Berman, Los Angles, CA, Travey Stevens BuckWalsh, Law Office of Tracey BuckWalsh, Sacramento, CA, for Plaintiff. Alan G. Perkins, Daniel L. Egan, Paul T. Friedman, Wilke, Fleury, Hoffelt, Gould and Birney, Sacramento, CA, for Defendant. MEMORANDUM AND ORDER WILLIAM B. SHUBB, United States District Judge. Defendants move to stay this action pending the resolution of the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation's determination whether
(1) It is unlawful and a violation of the provisions of this chapter for a person: (a) In connection with the rendering of any investment advice or in connection with the offer, sale, or purchase of any investment or security, including any security exempted under the provisions of s. 517.051 and including any security sold in a transaction exempted under the provisions of s. 517.061, directly or indirectly: 1. To employ any device, scheme, or artifice to defraud; 2. To obtain money or property by