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A federal judge ruled on Friday that she has no authority to reinstate a park ranger who was fired from Yosemite last summer<\/a> after flying a trans pride flag on their day off.<\/p>\n

Shannon “SJ” Joslin, who identifies as nonbinary, sued the<\/a> Department of the Interior, which includes the National Park Service, earlier this year after being fired for hanging the flag across the park\u2019s El Capitan rock formation in\u00a0California<\/a>\u00a0last year.<\/p>\n

The former ranger in their lawsuit asked the Biden-appointed judge to reinstate Joslin and to keep the government from launching a criminal investigation<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Joslin had argued in the lawsuit that the government had “enforced its rules selectively based on the message that the pride flag sends,” and that Joslin\u2019s firing was “vindictive, retaliatory, [and] intended to communicate disapproval of a particular point of view.”<\/p>\n

U.S. District Judge Jennifer Thurston wrote in her ruling obtained by Fox News Digital: “The government claims for its part that Joslin was fired for reasons that had \u2018nothing to do\u2019 with “speech,” adding, “But the government has another more fundamental and more persuasive point: under the laws that Congress has passed, and under the legal precedent that a federal trial court<\/a> must follow, this Court does not have authority to decide whether Joslin was fired for unconstitutional or illegal reasons, nor to block a hypothetical criminal case against them.”<\/p>\n

Thurston wrote that the government motion to dismiss<\/a> was granted and Joslin\u2019s motion for a preliminary injunction was denied.<\/p>\n

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Joslin wrote\u00a0an Instagram post<\/a>\u00a0after the firing that they were fired from the park “for practicing my First Amendment right<\/a>” after hanging the 55-foot by 35-foot flag across Yosemite\u2019s iconic rock destination in May 2025.<\/p>\n

“I was fired by the temporary Deputy Superintendent for \u2018failing to demonstrate acceptable conduct\u2019 in my capacity as a Wildlife Biologist for the park. No part of hanging the flag was done on work time. NOTHING about it had anything to do with my work,” Joslin wrote.<\/p>\n

Joslin flew the flag for about two hours before taking it down and added that after decades of the practice, “no one” had ever been punished for hanging a flag across El Capitan prior to last week.<\/p>\n

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“I want my rights and I want my career back,” Joslin said.<\/p>\n

The Interior Department told Fox News Digital on Friday after the ruling: “We take the protection of the park’s resources and the experience of our visitors very seriously and will not tolerate violations of laws and regulations that impact those resources and experiences.<\/p>\n

Yosemite National Park was designated by Congress to highlight the beautiful natural and cultural features of the area. No matter the cause, demonstrating without a permit<\/a> outside of designated First-Amendment areas detracts from the visitor experience and the protection of the park. To safeguard the protection of visitors, visitor experiences, and park resources, many demonstrations require a permit.”<\/p>\n

Fox News Digital has reached out to the Civil Service Law Center, which represents Joslin, for comment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Source – https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/federal-judge-rules-lacks-authority-reinstate-fired-yosemite-ranger-flew-trans-pride-flag <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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