State Question 836 Initiative 448 Constitutional Challenge

For transparency of the process, below are the filed court documents starting with the Western District Court of Oklahoma and currently in the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals.

December 12, 2025

Filed the initial petition for State Question 836

December 22, 2025

Court Ordered a show cause response on 12/16/2025 before proceeding with case

January 6, 2026

Court Order Dismissing the Case

January 29, 2026

Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals accepted - Case # 26-6020

Affidavit in Support of Our Case

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Affidavit for Support

Ballot Petition from creation

This document is the process from beginning the SQ-836 Petition Initiative to the Oklahoma Supreme Court that permitted it to happen.

836 Initiative 

SQ-836 Filing History

2026

Appeal Accepted

The Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals accepted our motion and gave case number 26-6020.

2026

Motion to Appeal

January 29, 2026 we submitted a motion to appeal with the Western District Court regarding the dismissal issued without prejudice on January 6, 2026 based from the 1896 Supreme Court Ruling to block our standing.

2026

Case Dismissed

January 6, 2026 the district court dismissed the case based on several factors... One being an 1896 supreme court ruling that held, "a court in equity will not enjoin a legislative act until the act is "passed" ... then an only then will the courts be able to act to protect against rights that may be violated.

2025

Western District Court Received Response

December 23, 2025 the court clerk received our response showing cause for petition to proceed.

2025

Responded to Show Cause Order

December 19, 2025 the Show Cause Reply document above was certified mailed to both Defendants and the U.S. District Court Clerk.

2025

Western District Court Issued Show Cause Order

December 16, 2025 the District Court submitted an order to have Plaintiff show cause by December 30, 2025 or be dismissed with out prejudice

2025

Holley v. Lepak et al. (SQ-836)

On December 12, 2025 we filed with the Western District Court of Oklahoma challenging and requesting restraining orders for the State and Governor to halt an unconstitutional act from being implemented which will change the Oklahoma Constitution