WESLEYAN METHODIST CHURCH v. Village of Canisteo

DECISION AND ORDER

CHARLES J. SIRAGUSA, District Judge.

INTRODUCTION

Wesleyan Methodist Church of Canisteo (“Plaintiff’) commenced this action under the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (“RLUIPA”), 42 U.S.C. § 2000cc et seq., after Defendants denied Plaintiffs request to build a church in a light industrial zoning district in which churches are prohibited. Plaintiff maintains that such prohibition substantially burdens its religious exercise without any compelling governmental interest. Now before the Court is Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss (Docket No. [# 3]) pursuant to Rule…