ALVARADO v. McLAUGHLIN

No. 73-1111.

486 F.2d 541 (1973)

Irene ALVARADO, Reg. 17513-170, et al., Appellants, v. Virginia McLAUGHLIN, Warden, Federal Reformatory for Women, Alderson, West Virginia, et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided October 23, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wilfred J. Ritz, Lexington, Va. (Richard J. Bolen, Noel P. Copen, Huddleston, Bolen, Beatty, Porter & Copen, Huntington, W. Va., and Fred M. Vinson, Jr., Washington, D. C., on brief), for appellants.

John A. Field, III, U. S. Atty., for appellees.

Before CRAVEN, BUTZNER and RUSSELL, Circuit Judges.


DONALD RUSSELL, Circuit Judge:

Section 7237(d), 26 U.S.C., provided, inter alia, that a convicted narcotic law offender was ineligible for parole consideration. That section, however, was repealed as a part of the enactment of the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970, effective May 1, 1971.1 Under this Act, persons convicted of narcotic law violations were entitled to the same parole consideration as other...

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