entitled to a new sentencing hearing in light of the Miller and Montgomery decisions (see section US Supreme Court and mandatory life sentences below). Federal magistrate judge Candy W. Dale presided over Adamcik's writ and on November 25, 2019, she denied the writ. Adamcik is currently appealing Judge Dale's decision to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals with oral arguments taking place on February 7, 2022, with Jay Bybee, Morgan Christen, and James Selna (sitting by designation) presiding. On March 24, 2022, they upheld the sentence in an unpublished decision. Civil suit by Stoddart family In 2010, the Stoddart family filed a civil lawsuit against the Idaho School District, claiming that school authorities were negligent and should have known that Draper and Adamcik posed a threat to others. Both the civil court and the Idaho Supreme Court dismissed the case, saying the actions of the killers were not foreseeable. U.S. Supreme Court and mandatory life sentences In Miller v. Alabama , the United States Supreme Court ruled that mandatory sentences of life without the possibility of parole are unconstitutional for juvenile offenders, even in cases of murder, ruling that the youth of the convict had to be considered. In 2016, the Supreme Court ruled in Montgomery v. Louisiana that this doctrine had to be applied to cases retroactively, and directed a review of all such cases, potentially 1,200 to 1,500 nationwide. Given juveniles' brain immaturity, the Supreme Court ruled that there had to be an opportunity to consider mitigating factors, as well as for later review of the sentences of such inmates, with possible relief for persons who had reformed. It said that "children who commit even heinous crimes are capable of change." Draper and Adamcik are among the cases that the state courts will review under this ruling. Some 1,100 cases are found in the states of Pennsylvania, Louisiana, and Michigan, where state courts had ruled that the Miller v. Alabama decision was not retroactive. On October 16, 2019, the Supreme Court held oral arguments in Mathena v. Malvo, another juvenile life without parole case that could have had an effect on Adamcik's and Draper's sentences. The Supreme Court dismissed the Malvo case, but heard oral arguments in Jones v. Mississippi, another case relating to juvenile life without parole sentences, on November 3, 2020. On April 22, 2021, the Supreme Court ruled in Jones that a finding of permanent