The court vacated the original motion today after getting a status report. It states:

The Court has reviewed the government's Status Report, filed March 28, 2016. GOOD CAUSE HAVING BEEN SHOWN, the Court hereby VACATES the Order Compelling Apple Inc. to Assist Agents in Search dated February 16, 2016.

This doesn't come as a surprise. Right before both parties were to argue their case before magistrate judge Pym, the DoJ filed to vacate the hearing. According to that motion, a third party approached the FBI the weekend before the event with an alternative way to get into the iPhone. The government then had until April 5 to file a progress report on how the testing was coming along. That progress report was filed today and the case vacated.

In its motion the DoJ states:

The government has now successfully accessed the data stored on Farook's iPhone and therefore no longer requires the assistance from Apple Inc. mandated by Court's Order Compelling Apple Inc. to Assist Agents in Search dated February 16, 2016.

Apple was surprised about last week's filing to vacate the hearing, but vowed that if the case progressed, it would seek information about the party and the method used to hack into the iPhone. Now that the Justice Department has backed out, it can't file for information about the researcher or the method used. According to the Guardian, the government has deemed the exploit classified.

The government had earlier stated that only Apple could circumvent the iPhone's security measures. When it announced it had found a third party to break into the phone, that argument became pretty worthless in its case against the company.

This doesn't mean that Apple is in the clear. The DoJ could ask the company to circumvent the security within a newer iPhone and this whole thing will start over again. For now, this is a victory for Apple and other companies that don't want to break the encryption of their products even if compelled by law enforcement.

Update: Apple sent the following statement to Engadget: