Lawyers in the District filed a class-action lawsuit against the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority on behalf of nine men who say the agency’s criminal background screening policy violates their civil rights.
The suit alleges that Metro has an “overly broad, unjustifiably rigid and unduly harsh” employee screening policy that disproportionately bars well-qualified black workers from jobs with the agency. The suit also names contractors Diamond Transportation, Executive Personnel Services and First Transit as co-defendants.