Appearance in court is not a request, it is a demand. All it would have taken is simple communication with the court.
I have to admit, I was sympathetic toward the Bundy cause, but...but, you cannot just flippantly blow off the judge.
Some folks walk around with a black cloud hanging over them and they constantly b!tch that they are being done sooooo wrong. I can't understand why they are pick on me. I didn't do anything wrong to deserve this...and so forth.
Never accepting responsibility for their own actions. Hope this is not what it seems. Otherwise, I'd feel a lil like crow for supper.