Court of Appeals for the First Circuit January 28, 1991, 90-1434 (United States v. Jose De Los Santos-Himitola, Walber Meza-Navarro, Pedro Guerrero-Grueso, and Alfonso Gonzalez)

LEVIN H. CAMPBELL, Circuit Judge.

Defendants Jose De Los Santos Himitola, Walber Meza Navarro, Pedro Guerrero Grueso, and Alfonso Gonzalez (“De Los Santos, et al.”) appeal from a

sua sponte

order by the district judge declaring them parole ineligible. The three issues now before us are as follows: first, whether the no-parole provisions of the 1986 amendments to 21 U.S.C.