Shady Side Academy girls basketball coach Joanna Burke was granted a preliminary injunction by a federal judge Wednesday, allowing her to return to her duties for the time being.

The WPIAL suspended Burke — a former Butler girls basketball coach — in July for responding to a social media direct message from a South Fayette player’s parents, offering to give them more information on Shady Side Academy.

The PIAA upheld the decision on an appeal in August. The next month, Burke and Shady Side Academy filed a joint federal lawsuit.

Burke has totaled more than 5000 wins in her 28-year coaching career, which has also included many years at alma mater Bethel Park.