On April 3, 2020, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Fifth Circuit in EEOC v. Vantage Energy Services, Inc., No. 19-20541, clarified its interpretation of the relate-back doctrine for administrative charges. The Fifth Circuit reversed a one-sentence Texas district court ruling, which dismissed with prejudice the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s (“EEOC”) complaint alleging violations of the American with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) for failure to exhaust its administrative remedies. On October 2, 2014, the day plaintiff was to return to work from short-term disability leave while working for Vantage Energy Services (“Vantage”), plaintiff was fired for poor work performance. On February…