https://passimai.com/litigation/issues/tps-terminations/ Terminations of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designations · Passim litigation 2026-10-30T00:00:00Z Passim https://passimai.com/litigation/cases/ca9-25-05724-national-tps-alliance-v-noem/#2026-10-30-e9bbfc4080 National TPS Alliance v. Noem: Ninth Circuit denied stay pending appeal and alternative administrative stay 2026-10-30T00:00:00Z After the Supreme Court remand, the panel denied the government’s stay motion and alternative request for an administrative stay of at least 21 days. The order says the Supreme Court’s current stay expires with its mandate on November 6 and provides for a separate expedited merits schedule. https://passimai.com/litigation/cases/mad-1-26-cv-11201-african-communities-together-v-noem/#2026-10-28-50a3690c09 African Communities Together v. Noem: Coalition brief supports plaintiffs’ Somalia TPS appeal 2026-10-28T00:00:00Z The brief identifies First Circuit 26-1930 as plaintiffs’ appeal from D. Mass. 1:26-cv-11201 and urges reversal of the denial of emergency relief. It is dated October 26; its certificate states electronic filing and service on October 28. The brief does not grant relief. https://passimai.com/litigation/cases/ca9-25-05724-national-tps-alliance-v-noem/#2026-10-21-febbe51455 National TPS Alliance v. Noem: Plaintiffs filed second amended complaint under the limited amendment order 2026-10-21T00:00:00Z The ECF 496 filing notice confirms that the second amended complaint drops the two Haiti termination APA claims and excludes the three rejected new claims. It states that the APA claims on appeal are unchanged and combines the existing equal-protection claims as Claim 4. This is a pleading update, not a new grant of relief. https://passimai.com/litigation/cases/nysd-1-26-cv-02103-1-26-cv-02280-noor-doe-v-noem-abdo-doe-v-noem/#2026-10-20-990938889e Noor Doe v. Noem / Abdo Doe v. Noem: Court held certification and discovery-stay requests in abeyance 2026-10-20T00:00:00Z The endorsed order holds the government’s interlocutory-appeal and discovery-stay requests in abeyance and directs an October 30 joint letter proposing how litigation should proceed, including any summary-judgment schedule and briefing of record or discovery disputes. https://passimai.com/litigation/cases/ca9-25-05724-national-tps-alliance-v-noem/#2026-10-15-698b8919a0 National TPS Alliance v. Noem: TPS holders opposed government’s motion for a stay pending appeal 2026-10-15T00:00:00Z In DktEntry 90.1, plaintiffs argued that prior circuit precedent on TPS vacatur authority survives Mullin v. Doe, disputed mootness, and opposed a stay on equitable grounds. This is a filed opposition, not a ruling on the stay or restoration of TPS. https://passimai.com/litigation/cases/ca9-25-05724-national-tps-alliance-v-noem/#2026-10-14-b6ac4cbea0 National TPS Alliance v. Noem: District court permitted removal of barred claims but rejected three new constitutional claims 2026-10-14T00:00:00Z ECF 487 allows plaintiffs to eliminate the APA challenges to the July and November 2025 Haiti TPS terminations but denies leave to add proposed due-process, bare-animus equal-protection, and ultra vires claims as futile. It sets a November 17 status conference and does not restore TPS. https://passimai.com/litigation/cases/nysd-1-26-cv-02103-1-26-cv-02280-noor-doe-v-noem-abdo-doe-v-noem/#2026-10-06-d9a9d00b27 Noor Doe v. Noem / Abdo Doe v. Noem: Court dismissed most Yemen TPS claims and denied renewed preliminary injunction 2026-10-06T00:00:00Z The opinion and order, Noor ECF 71 / Abdo ECF 114, dismisses all claims except intentional discrimination, with prejudice as to the dismissed claims; denies Abdo plaintiffs’ second preliminary-injunction motion; and lifts the litigation stays. It does not restore the vacated TPS postponement or decide the surviving discrimination claims. https://passimai.com/litigation/cases/ca9-25-05724-national-tps-alliance-v-noem/#2026-10-05-5e11df3310 National TPS Alliance v. Noem: Supreme Court vacated TPS judgment and remanded 2026-10-05T00:00:00Z The Court granted the petition in No. 26-48, vacated the Ninth Circuit judgment, and remanded for further consideration in light of Mullin v. Doe, 609 U.S. 324 (2026). https://passimai.com/litigation/cases/scotus-25a952-dahlia-doe-v-noem/#2026-09-11-53612fa1d1 Dahlia Doe v. Noem: Government sought dismissal or summary judgment on remand 2026-09-11T00:00:00Z The government submitted a memorandum supporting its cross-motion to dismiss or alternatively for summary judgment and opposing plaintiffs' partial-summary-judgment motion; this is requested relief, not a court ruling. https://passimai.com/litigation/cases/nysd-1-26-cv-02103-1-26-cv-02280-noor-doe-v-noem-abdo-doe-v-noem/#2026-09-11-c989353b63 Noor Doe v. Noem / Abdo Doe v. Noem: Abdo plaintiffs opposed amended-complaint dismissal 2026-09-11T00:00:00Z Plaintiffs in Abdo Doe filed their opposition to the government's motion to dismiss the amended complaint. https://passimai.com/litigation/cases/ca9-25-05724-national-tps-alliance-v-noem/#2026-09-09-c82b501f76 National TPS Alliance v. Noem: Supreme Court distributed TPS cert petition for conference 2026-09-09T00:00:00Z After respondents filed their response, the Supreme Court distributed Mullin v. National TPS Alliance for the September 28, 2026 conference. https://passimai.com/litigation/cases/nysd-1-26-cv-02103-1-26-cv-02280-noor-doe-v-noem-abdo-doe-v-noem/#2026-08-28-88dacfad7b Noor Doe v. Noem / Abdo Doe v. Noem: Government sought dismissal of amended Yemen TPS complaints 2026-08-28T00:00:00Z The government filed a memorandum supporting dismissal of the amended complaints in Noor Doe and Abdo Doe; this was a party request, not a ruling. https://passimai.com/litigation/cases/nysd-1-26-cv-02103-1-26-cv-02280-noor-doe-v-noem-abdo-doe-v-noem/#2026-08-17-5c15651b09 Noor Doe v. Noem / Abdo Doe v. Noem: Second Circuit dismissed government appeals and issued mandate 2026-08-17T00:00:00Z The court granted the government's unopposed motion to voluntarily dismiss appeals 26-1748 and 26-1750 and denied its motion for stay pending appeal and summary vacatur as moot. The mandate issued August 17. This disposition concerns the interlocutory appeals, not the district merits claims. https://passimai.com/litigation/issues/tps-terminations/#status-2026-08-14-in_effect Terminations of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designations: In effect for every tracked country 2026-08-14T00:00:00Z D. Mass. lifted the Somalia administrative stay and denied interim relief, three days after the Yemen postponement was vacated. https://passimai.com/litigation/cases/mad-1-26-cv-11201-african-communities-together-v-noem/#2026-08-14-4fb88ddc37 African Communities Together v. Noem: District court lifted Somalia TPS administrative stay and denied interim relief 2026-08-14T00:00:00Z Judge Burroughs granted the government's motions to lift the administrative stay and denied plaintiffs' emergency motion for postponement and a preliminary injunction. The court concluded that plaintiffs had not demonstrated the likelihood of success required for interim relief. https://passimai.com/litigation/cases/nysd-1-26-cv-02103-1-26-cv-02280-noor-doe-v-noem-abdo-doe-v-noem/#2026-08-11-fd706a1d92 Noor Doe v. Noem / Abdo Doe v. Noem: Court vacated postponement in both Yemen TPS challenges 2026-08-11T00:00:00Z The memo-endorsed order grants the proposed merits-briefing schedule and vacates the prior ruling granting plaintiffs' motions to postpone in Noor Doe, ECF 39, and Abdo Doe, ECF 54, for the reasons stated in the July 20 ruling. It does not dismiss the underlying challenges. https://passimai.com/litigation/cases/scotus-25a999-fritz-emmanuel-lesly-miot-v-trump/#2026-08-05-b6cf942f81 Fritz Emmanuel Lesly Miot v. Trump: District court confirmed Haiti TPS stay no longer in effect 2026-08-05T00:00:00Z After the D.C. Circuit mandate, the district court confirmed that its prior order staying the effective date of DHS's Haiti TPS termination is no longer in effect and ordered the parties to propose a schedule for further proceedings. https://passimai.com/litigation/cases/mad-1-26-cv-11201-african-communities-together-v-noem/#2026-08-03-8cc74b9e7d African Communities Together v. Noem: First Circuit remanded Somalia TPS stay appeal 2026-08-03T00:00:00Z The First Circuit treated the district court's July 31 order as an indicative ruling, remanded for further proceedings, dismissed the appeal, and ordered mandate forthwith. https://passimai.com/litigation/cases/scotus-25a952-dahlia-doe-v-noem/#2026-07-27-66ad4df3b4 Dahlia Doe v. Noem: Plaintiffs filed amended Syria TPS complaint 2026-07-27T00:00:00Z Plaintiffs filed a first amended class action complaint in Southern District of New York No. 1:25-cv-08686 after the Supreme Court decision; the pleading does not establish class certification. https://passimai.com/litigation/cases/nysd-1-26-cv-02103-1-26-cv-02280-noor-doe-v-noem-abdo-doe-v-noem/#2026-07-20-310a380dc3 Noor Doe v. Noem / Abdo Doe v. Noem: Court stayed Yemen TPS postponement pending appeal 2026-07-20T00:00:00Z The court vacated its prior deferral order, granted a stay pending appeal of the May 1 postponement, and indicated that it would vacate that postponement if the cases were remanded. https://passimai.com/litigation/cases/ca9-25-05724-national-tps-alliance-v-noem/#2026-07-09-e4dada97ab National TPS Alliance v. Noem: Government sought Supreme Court review of TPS merits ruling 2026-07-09T00:00:00Z The government filed a certiorari petition from the Ninth Circuit's TPS merits ruling; the petition is docketed as Mullin v. National TPS Alliance, No. 26-48. https://passimai.com/litigation/issues/tps-terminations/#status-2026-06-25-partly_blocked Terminations of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designations: Supreme Court reversed Haiti and Syria orders 2026-06-25T00:00:00Z Mullin v. Doe reversed the Haiti and Syria postponements; the Yemen postponement and the Somalia administrative stay remained. https://passimai.com/litigation/cases/scotus-25a999-fritz-emmanuel-lesly-miot-v-trump/#2026-06-25-7e64c1331d Fritz Emmanuel Lesly Miot v. Trump: Supreme Court allowed Haiti TPS termination to proceed 2026-06-25T00:00:00Z The Court reversed and remanded the consolidated TPS cases, held that the TPS statute bars nonconstitutional challenges to TPS termination determinations, and concluded that the Miot equal-protection claim was unlikely to succeed. https://passimai.com/litigation/cases/scotus-25a952-dahlia-doe-v-noem/#2026-06-25-908626011b Dahlia Doe v. Noem: Supreme Court allowed Syria TPS termination to proceed 2026-06-25T00:00:00Z The Court reversed and remanded the consolidated TPS cases, holding that the TPS statute bars nonconstitutional challenges to TPS termination determinations and that the respondents were not entitled to interim postponement orders. https://passimai.com/litigation/cases/scotus-25a999-fritz-emmanuel-lesly-miot-v-trump/#2026-06-16-f97ab09505 Fritz Emmanuel Lesly Miot v. Trump: Miot respondents asked Supreme Court to dismiss Haiti TPS writ as improvidently granted 2026-06-16T00:00:00Z The Miot respondents filed a post-argument motion to dismiss the writ as improvidently granted, relying on newly disclosed DHS documents from related TPS litigation. https://passimai.com/litigation/cases/nysd-1-26-cv-02103-1-26-cv-02280-noor-doe-v-noem-abdo-doe-v-noem/#2026-05-01-a1a1af3f41 Noor Doe v. Noem / Abdo Doe v. Noem: SDNY postponed Yemen TPS termination 2026-05-01T00:00:00Z Judge Dale E. Ho granted the motions to postpone the effective date of DHS's Yemen TPS termination while the APA and equal-protection challenges proceed. https://passimai.com/litigation/cases/scotus-25a999-fritz-emmanuel-lesly-miot-v-trump/#2026-04-20-b9115c991b Fritz Emmanuel Lesly Miot v. Trump: Petitioners filed consolidated reply brief in TPS cases 2026-04-20T00:00:00Z The government filed its consolidated reply brief on the shared Supreme Court merits docket ahead of the April 29 argument session. https://passimai.com/litigation/cases/scotus-25a952-dahlia-doe-v-noem/#2026-04-20-b9115c991b Dahlia Doe v. Noem: Petitioners filed consolidated reply brief in TPS cases 2026-04-20T00:00:00Z The government filed its consolidated reply brief on the shared Supreme Court merits docket ahead of the April 29 argument session. https://passimai.com/litigation/cases/scotus-25a999-fritz-emmanuel-lesly-miot-v-trump/#2026-04-13-70867c3095 Fritz Emmanuel Lesly Miot v. Trump: Respondents filed consolidated merits brief in TPS cases 2026-04-13T00:00:00Z Counsel for the TPS holders filed the respondents' consolidated merits brief on the shared Supreme Court docket ahead of the April 29 argument session. https://passimai.com/litigation/cases/scotus-25a952-dahlia-doe-v-noem/#2026-04-13-70867c3095 Dahlia Doe v. Noem: Respondents filed consolidated merits brief in TPS cases 2026-04-13T00:00:00Z Counsel for the TPS holders filed the respondents' consolidated merits brief on the shared Supreme Court docket ahead of the April 29 argument session. https://passimai.com/litigation/cases/scotus-25a999-fritz-emmanuel-lesly-miot-v-trump/#2026-03-30-e4630b1805 Fritz Emmanuel Lesly Miot v. Trump: Government filed consolidated merits brief and joint appendix in TPS cases 2026-03-30T00:00:00Z On the shared consolidated docket, the government submitted its merits brief and the joint appendix ahead of the April 29 argument session. https://passimai.com/litigation/cases/scotus-25a952-dahlia-doe-v-noem/#2026-03-30-e4630b1805 Dahlia Doe v. Noem: Government filed consolidated merits brief and joint appendix in TPS cases 2026-03-30T00:00:00Z On the shared consolidated docket, the government submitted its merits brief and the joint appendix ahead of the April 29 argument session. https://passimai.com/litigation/cases/nysd-1-26-cv-02103-1-26-cv-02280-noor-doe-v-noem-abdo-doe-v-noem/#2026-03-19-f8c34db7a9 Noor Doe v. Noem / Abdo Doe v. Noem: Related Abdo Doe Yemen TPS challenge filed 2026-03-19T00:00:00Z A related group of Yemeni TPS holders filed Abdo Doe v. Noem, and the district court later considered the two postponement motions together. https://passimai.com/litigation/cases/ca9-25-05724-national-tps-alliance-v-noem/#2026-03-18-be6efe2c2b National TPS Alliance v. Noem: Ninth Circuit denied government's motion to vacate earlier TPS precedent 2026-03-18T00:00:00Z The Ninth Circuit refused to vacate its earlier published TPS opinion in the related appeal, preserving that precedent while further review remains possible. https://passimai.com/litigation/cases/scotus-25a999-fritz-emmanuel-lesly-miot-v-trump/#2026-03-16-688016c492 Fritz Emmanuel Lesly Miot v. Trump: Supreme Court granted certiorari before judgment in Haiti TPS case 2026-03-16T00:00:00Z The Court deferred the stay request, treated it as a petition for certiorari before judgment, granted review, and set an expedited briefing schedule. https://passimai.com/litigation/cases/scotus-25a952-dahlia-doe-v-noem/#2026-03-16-840841372e Dahlia Doe v. Noem: Supreme Court granted certiorari before judgment in Syria TPS case 2026-03-16T00:00:00Z The Court deferred the stay request, treated it as a petition for certiorari before judgment, granted review, and consolidated argument with the Haiti TPS case. https://passimai.com/litigation/cases/nysd-1-26-cv-02103-1-26-cv-02280-noor-doe-v-noem-abdo-doe-v-noem/#2026-03-14-8c99f54baf Noor Doe v. Noem / Abdo Doe v. Noem: Yemeni TPS holders filed SDNY class challenge 2026-03-14T00:00:00Z Yemeni TPS holders and applicants filed the first Southern District of New York challenge seeking to postpone or set aside the Yemen TPS termination. https://passimai.com/litigation/cases/mad-1-26-cv-11201-african-communities-together-v-noem/#2026-03-13-356e6660f6 African Communities Together v. Noem: District court entered administrative stay of Somalia TPS termination 2026-03-13T00:00:00Z The district court granted an administrative stay to preserve Somalia TPS while the court reviewed the challenge and the administrative record. https://passimai.com/litigation/cases/ca9-25-05724-national-tps-alliance-v-noem/#2026-03-11-b850d405aa National TPS Alliance v. Noem: Ninth Circuit denied rehearing en banc in TPS merits appeal 2026-03-11T00:00:00Z The Ninth Circuit denied rehearing en banc, leaving in place the January 28 merits decision invalidating the challenged TPS rollback actions. https://passimai.com/litigation/cases/mad-1-26-cv-11201-african-communities-together-v-noem/#2026-03-09-953d066f43 African Communities Together v. Noem: Plaintiffs filed Somalia TPS termination challenge 2026-03-09T00:00:00Z African Communities Together and individual plaintiffs filed a District of Massachusetts challenge to DHS's termination of Somalia TPS. https://passimai.com/litigation/cases/nysd-1-26-cv-02103-1-26-cv-02280-noor-doe-v-noem-abdo-doe-v-noem/#2026-03-03-983307d64f Noor Doe v. Noem / Abdo Doe v. Noem: DHS published Yemen TPS termination notice 2026-03-03T00:00:00Z DHS published the Federal Register notice terminating the designation of Yemen for Temporary Protected Status, with a May 2026 effective date. https://passimai.com/litigation/cases/ca9-25-05724-national-tps-alliance-v-noem/#2026-01-28-e9c55b2e3d National TPS Alliance v. Noem: Ninth Circuit affirmed merits rulings against TPS rollbacks 2026-01-28T00:00:00Z The Ninth Circuit affirmed the judgments setting aside Secretary Noem's vacatur and termination decisions affecting Venezuela and Haiti TPS.