Exhibit 1131 · Court filing (brief)
Defendants' Reply in Support of Their Motion to Dismiss, Aaron v. Bondi, No. 1:25-cv-04250-DLF (D.D.C.), Doc. 28
As Plaintiffs themselves acknowledge in their operative complaint, Apple removed Plaintiffs' App because—as Apple itself stated—ICEBlock violated the App Store Guidelines.
The federal defendants' position: Apple removed the app 'as Apple itself stated' because it violated App Store Guidelines; the complaint does not trace the removal to government communications rather than to Apple's 'independent incentives to moderate content', quoting Murthy v. Missouri; and it does not allege the ongoing pressure campaign Murthy requires for prospective relief. The brief states Todd Blanche has been substituted as Acting Attorney General and Markwayne Mullin as Secretary of Homeland Security. A litigation position, not a finding.
- Source
- U.S. Department of Justice for the federal defendants, filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
- Date
- 24 April 2026
- Quoted from
- Reply, Introduction (ECF p. 5 of 25)
- Grade
- Primary record
- Document
- https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.287435/gov.uscourts.dcd.287435.28.0.pdf
- Accessed
- 2026-11-10
- Cited by
- Findings citing this exhibit