CHNV humanitarian parole termination

Status: Partially blocked — Svitlana Doe v. Noem (CHNV / humanitarian parole termination) (1:25-cv-10495 (D. Mass.); SCOTUS application 24A1079 (Noem v. Doe); 1st Cir. Nos. 26-1314 and 26-1628 (Doe v. Mullin, government appeals of the FRP preliminary injunction, consolidated July 28, 2026))

Active litigation — CHNV parole terminations in effect (Supreme Court stay); Family Reunification Parole terminations blocked by preliminary injunction.

Next step: Two proceedings now run in parallel, and the appeal is the one that decides whether the Family Reunification Parole protection survives. In the district court, plaintiffs' renewed motion for partial summary judgment on the CHNV terminations has been fully briefed since December 8, 2025, with no ruling on CourtListener's copy of the district docket (newest entry August 11, 2026) when we checked it on October 7, 2026. In the First Circuit, the government appealed the preliminary injunction as Doe v. Mullin, Nos. 26-1314 and 26-1628 (the second docketed June 4, 2026 on notice of appeal doc. #304). On July 28, 2026 the court ordered the two appeals consolidated for briefing and oral argument, and on July 29 it set the schedule: the appellants' brief and appendix were due September 8, 2026, the appellees' brief 30 days after service of it, and the reply 21 days after that. The government tendered its brief and appendix on September 8, 2026, the due date. As of September 18, 2026 the court had not accepted that brief for filing, and on September 28, 2026 it ordered the appellants to file a conforming brief and appendix by October 5, 2026, adding that the appellees' time to file their brief runs from service of the corrected brief. The government tendered a brief again on October 2, 2026; the dockets we can read did not yet show, as of October 7, 2026, whether the court has accepted it. Once the corrected brief is accepted, the appellees' brief is due 30 days after it was served, and the reply 21 days after that. The FRP preliminary injunction remains in effect meanwhile.

Primary source last checked automatically on 2026-10-07 — status can change with a single court ruling. Official source.

What’s happening

Active litigation — CHNV parole terminations in effect (Supreme Court stay); Family Reunification Parole terminations blocked by preliminary injunction.

Who it affects

People already in the United States who hold or held humanitarian parole — primarily Cuban, Haitian, Nicaraguan, and Venezuelan (CHNV) parolees, plus beneficiaries of Family Reunification Parole (FRP), Uniting for Ukraine (U4U), Operation Allies Welcome (OAW), Central American Minors (CAM), and military parole-in-place — whose parole and associated work authorization the federal government moved to terminate categorically. CHNV terminations are currently in effect; FRP terminations are currently enjoined.

Estimated scale: 500,000 — CHNV (Cuban, Haitian, Nicaraguan, Venezuelan) parole beneficiaries who lost status (broader parole programs add more).

How it got here

  1. Mar 25, 2025 DHS published Federal Register Notice terminating the CHNV parole process and revoking existing grants of parole/work authorization.
  2. May 30, 2025 U.S. Supreme Court (No. 24A1079) granted the government's emergency stay of the April 14 order; CHNV parole terminations took effect immediately for an estimated ~500,000 people.
  3. Sep 12, 2025 First Circuit (Judge Gelpí) vacated the district court's stay of the CHNV termination notice and remanded, finding plaintiffs unlikely to show the INA requires case-by-case termination.
  4. Jan 24, 2026 Judge Talwani granted a preliminary injunction blocking termination of FRP grants of parole and work authorization nationwide while the litigation continues.
  5. Apr 1, 2026 Government appeal of the Family Reunification Parole preliminary injunction docketed in the First Circuit as Doe v. Mullin, No. 26-1314.
  6. Jun 4, 2026 Second government appeal docketed in the First Circuit as Doe v. Mullin, No. 26-1628, on notice of appeal doc. #304.
  7. Jul 28, 2026 First Circuit ordered Nos. 26-1314 and 26-1628 consolidated for briefing and oral argument, vacating the briefing schedule previously set in 26-1314.
  8. Jul 29, 2026 Briefing schedule set: appellants' brief and appendix due September 8, 2026; appellees' brief due 30 days after service; reply due 21 days after that (F.R.A.P. 31(a)).
  9. Sep 8, 2026 The government tenders its opening brief and appendix in the consolidated First Circuit appeals (Nos. 26-1314 and 26-1628) on the due date.
  10. Sep 28, 2026 The First Circuit orders the appellants to file a conforming brief and appendix by October 5, 2026; the appellees' 30 days run from service of the corrected brief. (On September 18 the court had noted the brief was not yet accepted for filing.)
  11. Oct 2, 2026 The government tenders a brief again; acceptance not yet shown on the public dockets as of October 7, 2026.

What to watch next

Two proceedings now run in parallel, and the appeal is the one that decides whether the Family Reunification Parole protection survives. In the district court, plaintiffs’ renewed motion for partial summary judgment on the CHNV terminations has been fully briefed since December 8, 2025, with no ruling on CourtListener’s copy of the district docket (newest entry August 11, 2026) when we checked it on October 7, 2026. In the First Circuit, the government appealed the preliminary injunction as Doe v. Mullin, Nos. 26-1314 and 26-1628 (the second docketed June 4, 2026 on notice of appeal doc. #304). On July 28, 2026 the court ordered the two appeals consolidated for briefing and oral argument, and on July 29 it set the schedule: the appellants’ brief and appendix were due September 8, 2026, the appellees’ brief 30 days after service of it, and the reply 21 days after that. The government tendered its brief and appendix on September 8, 2026, the due date. As of September 18, 2026 the court had not accepted that brief for filing, and on September 28, 2026 it ordered the appellants to file a conforming brief and appendix by October 5, 2026, adding that the appellees’ time to file their brief runs from service of the corrected brief. The government tendered a brief again on October 2, 2026; the dockets we can read did not yet show, as of October 7, 2026, whether the court has accepted it. Once the corrected brief is accepted, the appellees’ brief is due 30 days after it was served, and the reply 21 days after that. The FRP preliminary injunction remains in effect meanwhile.

Official sources

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