UNITED STATES OF AMERICA — v. $84,615 IN U.S. CURRENCY, JONAH BRONSTEIN, —

SMITH, Circuit Judge.

In this civil forfeiture case, Jonah Bron-stein appeals: (1) the district court’s 1 denial of his request to argue that his civil forfeiture violated the Eighth Amendment

because it was excessive in proportion to his illegal drug conduct; (2) the district court’s grant of the government’s request to amend the pre-trial order; (3) the district court’s finding that the government demonstrated by a preponderance of the evidence support of the forfeiture of his currency pursuant to 21 U.S.C. § 881(a)(6). We affirm the judgment of the district court.

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On January 28, 2002,…