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WMSC wins magistrate's order backing subpoena for fitness-for-duty audit; district judge review next
Summary
The Washington Metrorail Safety Commission says a magistrate judge granted it authority to enforce a subpoena seeking WMATA documents for a stalled 2024 fitness-for-duty and occupational health audit; WMATA objected and the district court will next review the order.
A magistrate judge in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia has granted the Washington Metrorail Safety Commission (WMSC) the opportunity to enforce a subpoena seeking WMATA documents for a stalled 2024 fitness-for-duty and occupational health programs audit.
Ms. Silvall, WMSC counsel, told commissioners that WMATA initially refused two document requests in early 2024—one on blood and alcohol testing processes and another on occupational safety and worker health. After months of negotiations, WMSC issued a…
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