IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT ______________ No. 95-30821 Summary Calendar ______________

ALVA POSADA-NAVES Petitioner-Appellant, versus KEITH HALL, Warden, Oakdale Federal Correctional Institute, Respondent-Appellee. _________________________________________________________________ Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana (CA-94-1829) _________________________________________________________________ February 1, 1996 Before KING, SMITH, and BENAVIDES, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM*: Alva Posada-Naves ("Posada-Naves") appeals from the district court's order denying his petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241. He argues that the "no parole" provision of 21 U.S.C. § 960 does not apply to his conviction and sentence because the statute did not become effective on the day of enactment. Our review of the record on appeal reveals no reversible error. "[A]bsent a clear direction by Congress to the contrary, a law takes effect on the date of its enactment." Gozlon-Peretz v. United States, 498 U.S. 395, 111 S.Ct. 840, 846,

* Pursuant to Local Rule 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in Local Rule 47.5.4. 112 L.Ed.2d 919 (1991); see also United States v. Giltner, 972 F.2d 1563, 1565 (11th Cir. 1992), cert. denied, ___U.S.___, 113 S.Ct. 2383, 124 L.Ed.2d 286 (1993). Thus, the "no-parole" provision became effective on October 27, 1986 and was applicable to Posada- Naves's offense.

AFFIRMED.