United States v. One Parcel of Real Property Located at 461 Shelby County Road 361

MEMORANDUM OPINION

ACKER, District Judge.

On June 6, 1994, this court entered an order in the above-entitled case directing the Probation Service to furnish the court with findings and an opinion in the nature of a pre-sentence report as to whether the forfeiture here sought by the United States against real property owned by Perry H. Brasher and Patricia Ann Brasher would violate the Excessive Fines Clause in view of Austin v. United States, — U.S.-, 113 S.Ct. 2801, 125 L.Ed.2d 488 (1993). 1 On June 22, 1994, the United States filed a brief entitled “Government’s Response to Claimants’…