The appearance scheduled is a pretrial. You are going to tell the judge or magistrate what you plan as your defense. You are not going to waste the court's time by playing games with bogus strategy.
According to LCrRLJ 4.5 PRETRIAL HEARING,Do not assume that providing information about legal procedure or helping those persons interested in knowing legal process, statutes, codes, etc is in anyway a commitment to the issues addressed.Defendant's failure to appear at a pretrial hearing may be grounds for the issuance of a bench warrant.
You have 14 days to inform the court that you are unable to make the discovery deadline. It is possible that you might be held in contempt.

