Chabad Lubavitch of Litchfield Cnty., Inc. v. Litchfield Historic Dist. Comm'n

JON O. NEWMAN, Circuit Judge:

*241 This appeal primarily requires determination of whether a plaintiff in litigation successfully claiming a violation of the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000cc et seq. ("RLUIPA") is entitled to attorney's fees pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1988 (b) as a prevailing party and, if so, whether such fees may be awarded for time spent during administrative proceedings that preceded the challenged action. These issues arise on an appeal by the Borough of Litchfield, Connecticut, ("Borough") and the Litchfield Historic District Commission…