TACHA, Circuit Judge.
The government appeals the order of the district court granting Daryl Emmons's 28 U.S.C. § 2255 motion to vacate his conviction and sentence. The district court concluded that the Double Jeopardy Clause prohibited the government from punishing Emmons for a criminal offense and forfeiting his property for that same offense in a separate civil proceeding. While the government's appeal was pending, the Supreme Court decided United States...
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