Mere proximity to a filing's cutoff date is not a sufficient basis for equitable relief; a reason for relief must be articulated.
Convening of a physician review panel is an insufficiently adverse employment action to present an issue for trial as to retaliation.
http://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub/17/17-30373-CV0.pdf
Since 2011. An occasional commonplacing of the U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeal.
Neither an authoritative statement of the law nor legal advice. Quick work.