City of L. A. v. Sessions

*1093 Before the Court is Plaintiff's Motion for Partial Summary Judgment as to Counts Four, Five, and Six of Plaintiff's Complaint, filed on November 21, 2017, and Defendants' Motion for Partial Summary Judgment as to Counts Four, Five, and Six of Plaintiff's Complaint, filed on January 12, 2018. (Dkts. 49, 53). Having considered briefing by the parties, briefing by amici curiae, and oral argument of counsel, this Court issues the following order.

Congress created a grant program to support local governments in hiring officers for deployment in community-oriented policing ("COPS"). The Department of Justice ("DOJ"), headed by Defendant Jefferson B. Sessions III ("Attorney General"), administers this grant program through the "COPS Office." The COPS Office administers the COPS Hiring Program ("CHP") grant, which "provides funding directly to law enforcement agencies to hire and/or rehire career law enforcement officers in an effort to increase their community policing capacity and crime prevention efforts."

Each fiscal year, the COPS Office issues applications for the CHP grant and selects local governments to receive funding. Because funds are limited, the COPS Office created…