In Re Verplank
In Re Grand Jury Subpoena for Verplank
Opinion
Opinion
Gray, J.
MEMORANDUM OF DECISION AND ORDER
The local federal grand jury has acknowledged that it is currently investigating alleged widespread violations of the selective service laws. It has indicated particular interest in the alleged practices of some draft counselors in referring selective service registrants to particular dentists, psychiatrists and other medical practitioners, purportedly for draft evasion purposes. The grand jury has caused to be served a subpoena duces tecum upon Reverend Gordon Verplank, who is an ordained minister of the United Presbyterian Church and director of the McAlister Draft Counseling Center, which is supported by that Church. He is also Chaplain of the Claremont Colleges, and in this capacity is officially responsible for all draft counseling services afforded by the Colleges.
The subpoena requires that the witness produce “all records and documents of every description relating in any way to: Dr. Bernard Bender; any person referred to Dr. Bernard Bender; and any and all physicians, dentists or psychiatrists to whom any draft counselee has been referred by personnel at the draft counseling center of the McAlister Center for Religious Activities, and…