United States v. City of Lilburn (N.D. Ga.)

On August 26, 2011, the United States filed a complaint and a consent decree on August 29th, in United States v. City of Lilburn (N.D. Ga.), a religious discrimination case brought under RLUIPA alleging that the city discriminated against an Islamic group seeking to construct a mosque by denying the group's applications for rezoning and a special use permit. The settlement requires the city to conduct RLUIPA training, establish procedures for addressing RLUIPA complaints, report to the United States, retain records, and expedite other permitting needed for the Islamic group to construct the mosque. The court entered the consent decree on September 1, 2011.