Irene Alvarado, Reg. 17513-170 v. Virginia McLaughlin Warden, Federal Reformatory for Women, Alderson, West Virginia

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 That section, however, was repealed as a part of the enactment of the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970, effective May 1, 1971. 1 Under this Act, persons convicted of,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 offenders had under the general parole provision set forth in Section 4202, 18 U.S.C. The Act included, though, a “savings” provision to the effect that,…