Court Documents: Ex-Alamo chief Kate Rogers' free speech lawsuit against Dan Patrick
Court documents from Rogers v. Alamo Trust in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas.
This page hosts court documents from Rogers v. Alamo Trust, Inc., the First Amendment lawsuit former Alamo Trust president Kate Rogers filed in November 2025 against Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham, Alamo Trust, the Remember the Alamo Foundation, board chair Welcome Wilson Jr. and Esperanza "Hope" Andrade.
The documents here include the case docket as of October 12, 2026, which shows Patrick's and Buckingham's appeals to the 5th Circuit, the August 27, 2026, order staying the case, and the September 8, 2026, order denying Rogers' request to partially lift the stay.
It includes Rogers' August 28, 2026, motion to partially lift the stay and her proposed order, and Rodriguez's 43-page August 25, 2026, order ruling on the three motions to dismiss.
And it includes Rogers' first amended complaint, filed February 17, 2026. The complaint sets out her account of the October 22, 2025, phone call with Patrick, the next-day ultimatum from Andrade, the severance negotiations and the Land Office's oversight of Alamo Trust.
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U.S. District Judge Xavier Rodriguez in San Antonio stayed the case on August 27 and ordered it administratively closed.
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