“Here, Ion has offered an e-mail written by General Manager Melcher, in which Melcher references Ion’s attempt to exercise his FMLA rights and asks Ion’s supervisor, Ogborn, for ‘options.’  The temporal proximity between when the e-mail was sent, when Peel came forward with Ion’s alleged statements, when Ion was asked to come to the clinic to sign a medical records release, and when Ion was terminated is noteworthy and raises serious questions about Chevron’s motives for terminating Ion.”

Ion v. Chevron USA, Inc., 731 F.3d 379, 394 (5th Cir. September 26, 2013) (Guirola, Jr., J.).