A series of rulings from U.S. appeals courts have recently addressed significant legal cases. The Third Circuit declined to revive a lawsuit from a former general counsel of an engineering company, who claimed he was denied over $100,000 in retirement benefits. In another case, the same appeals court upheld the dismissal of a civil rights lawsuit related to a man's suicide in the Harris County Jail in 2017. Additionally, a federal inmate, John Kalu, was denied the opportunity to sue prison officials for alleged sexual assault by a guard. The court cited a precedent from the Supreme Court that restricts the creation of new legal avenues for suing federal officials for damages, specifically referencing the ruling in Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents.