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A federal judge for now has denied a former Florida wildlife biologist's request to be reinstated to her job.

The biologist was fired after reposting an Instagram joke about conservative commentator Charlie Kirk.

The judge ruled her social media post was protected speech but needed more evidence to order her job back.

A federal judge decided an can't get her job back before her lawsuit against her former bosses are over.

Brittney Brown, a Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) biologist, was fired after she reposted an Instagram joke about whales reacting to the shooting of conservative commentator Charlie Kirk.

In a Nov. 13 order, U.S. District Judge Mark Walker in Tallahassee ruled she "spoke" as a private citizen despite her government job, and

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