Case Summary:

Anash, Inc., doing business as Wyoming Valley Yeshiva, and Rabbi Shimon Hellinger filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania against the Borough of Kingston and local officials, challenging the condemnation and zoning-related closure of two properties at 44 and 239 Pierce Street used for religious and educational activities, and alleging religious discrimination under RLUIPA and the First Amendment, Equal Protection and Due Process violations, and related state-law claims. In the district court, the plaintiffs moved for a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction to halt enforcement of the zoning and condemnation actions, but the court denied emergency relief and later denied the preliminary injunction, finding they had not shown a likelihood of success on the merits, irreparable ...