Randall Edward Fletcher v. Rick Whitten, Warden, et al.

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES Randall Edward Fletcher______ Petitioner, v. Case No. Rick Whitten, et al.__________ Respondent. PETITION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI To the Honorable Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States: The Honorable Justice Neil M. Gorsuch, Represents the Tenth Circuit. The Petitioner respectfully prays that a Writ of Certiorari be issued to review the judgment of the United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma and the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals, entered on February 18, 2026, in the case of 5:24-CV-00692-SLP. Randall Edward Fletcher Oklahoma DOC #687347 Great Plains Correctional Center P.O. Box 700 Hinton, Oklahoma 73047-0700 QUESTIONS PRESENTED

1. Whether the usage of collective punishment12 is legal within the terms of the United States Constitution as applied to the States via the Fourteenth Amendment? See Blake v. Hall, 668 F.2d 52 (1st Cir. 1981).

2. Whether the lower court's interpretation of the Fourteenth Amendment conflicts with prior decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court?

3. Whether the denial of Petitioners U.S.C.A. Title 42 § 1983 motion to the United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma violated Due Process under the Fourteenth Amendment?

4. Whether the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment is violated when the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals, see 2026 WL 372182, affirms the United States District Court's decision stating the United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma can decide for the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals? See 2025 WL 3460947. 1 Black's Law Dictionary, Ninth Edition, 2009, page 300: A penalty inflicted on a group of persons without regard to individual responsibility for the conduct giving rise to the penalty. Collective punishment was outlawed in 1949 by the Geneva Convention. 2 Collective Responsibility in the form of collective punishment is often used as a disciplinary measure in closed institutions ... The effectiveness and severity of this measure may vary greatly, but it often breeds distrust and isolation among their members, and is almost always a sign of authoritarian tendencies in the institution or its home society.