California v. United States Department of Labor

*1093 ORDER

The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) and the Sacramento Regional Transit District (SacRT), the plaintiffs in this action, seek an order directing the United States Department of Labor (the DOL) to certify their applications for funding under section 13(c) of the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964. They seek this relief in the form of a motion to enforce this court’s previous order, which remanded the matter to the DOL for further proceedings. The plaintiffs also request leave to file a supplemental complaint to challenge several aspects of the post-remand proceedings. The matter was submitted for decision without a hearing. As explained below, the motion to enforce is GRANTED IN PART, and the motion for leave to file a supplemental complaint is GRANTED.

I. MOTION TO ENFORCE

A. General Background

The general background of this case is unchanged since the issuance of this court’s previous order, reported at California v. Department of Labor, 76 F.Supp.3d 1125 (E.D.Cal.2014). To summarize, under section 13(c) of the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 (UMTA), codified at 49 U.S.C. § 5333 (b), state and local governments seeking federal financial…