One way is to use the get_level_values Index method:
In [11]: df
Out[11]:
0
A B
1 4 1
2 5 2
3 6 3
In [12]: df.iloc[df.index.get_level_values('A') == 1]
Out[12]:
0
A B
1 4 1
In 0.13 you'll be able to use xs with drop_level argument:
df.xs(1, level='A', drop_level=False) # axis=1 if columns
Note: if this were column MultiIndex rather than index, you could use the same technique:
In [21]: df1 = df.T
In [22]: df1.iloc[:, df1.columns.get_level_values('A') == 1]
Out[22]:
A 1
B 4
0 1