What about statue of Limitations?
From the article:
“Although the bankruptcy code provides that closed cases can be reopened for cause and that no time restrictions are imposed by law, revival after eight decades appears unprecedented. According to Bloomberg Law: Bankruptcy Treatise, pt. I, ch. 42 (D. Michael Lynn et al. eds., 2016), the passage of time weighs heavily against reopening a case. The longer a party waits to reopen a closed case, the more compelling the reason to reopen must be. “
That’s for crimes, not civil matters.