United States v. Real Property Located at 24124 Lemay Street

ORDER

LEW, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

After the Supreme Court rendered its decision in Austin v. United States, - U.S. -, 113 S.Ct. 2801, 125 L.Ed.2d 488 (1993), the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals remanded this case for a determination of whether forfeiture of the Defendant Property constituted an excessive fine in violation of the Eighth Amendment. The parties submitted arguments regarding the excessiveness issue and the Court took this matter under submission. After carefully considering the arguments submitted and reviewing the various approaches of several courts, this Court finds that…