FLETCHER, Circuit Judge:
The government appeals an order by the district court exempting "reasonable attorneys' fees" from those assets which may be seized by the government pursuant to the civil forfeiture provisions of 21 U.S.C. § 881. The district court held the statute unconstitutional as applied to reasonable attorneys' fees. For the reasons set forth below, we dismiss this appeal.
BACKGROUND
On May 31, 1987, defendant Rudolph Henderson...
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