The LA Daily Journal reported today that NAFUSA Secretary Chuck Stevens has been appointed by U.S. District Judge Kimberly Mueller of the Eastern District of of California to investigate allegations that the California state’s prisons department has been lying to the court about its compliance with court-mandated policies governing how it treats inmates seeking mental health services.

Stevens, who served as the United States Attorney for the ED of California (1993-1997), is the partner-in-charge of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher’s San Francisco office and co-chair of the firm’s white-collar defense and investigations practice. According to the Daily Journal, Stevens is “to look into claims made by the prisons department chief psychiatrist, Dr. Michael Golding. In October, Golding issued a whistleblower report that alleged prison officials had falsified data given to the court and the special master measuring the department’s compliance with court orders. Coleman v. Brown, 90-CV0520 (E.D.Cal., filed Apr. 23, 1990).”