However, the Texas Courts are complaining because this man is utterly ridiculous and ignorant on how the US Court system works. You've completely misunderstood

However, the Texas Courts are complaining because this man is utterly ridiculous and ignorant on how the US Court system works. You've completely misunderstood the situation. No Court has ordered him to attend a deposition in the United States. The Plaintiff (a normal everyday person) has filed a Motion to compel the Defendant (Karpeles) to attend a deposition in the United States. The Court has not ruled on that Motion. The Court will eventually either deny or grant the motion. If they deny the motion, then Karpales doesn't have to come to the U.S. for the deposition. If they grant the motion and he refuses to come then you might have an argument that he is flouting U.S. Courts. But we're not there yet, and since compelling someone who lives thousands of miles away to appear for a deposition in person is not a common practice, I imagine we will never be there. Imagine I live in Alaska and you live in Florida. Now imagine I sue you because you left a comment disagreeing with me on Hacker News. I file a motion to compel you to fly to Alaska so I can ask you a bunch of questions in front of a court reporter (i.e. a deposition). You file a response to the motion saying, "That is ridiculous. I'm not flying to Alaska for this. I believe this lawsuit has no merit. I can be deposed by video conference just as easily." That is precisely the status of this matter in the Karpeles case. I'm not from that state, but I imagine that Texas has more respect for people who actually put forth the effort to appear in person in court. Again, you totally misunderstand this situation. He's not being asked to come to Court by the Court. He's being asked to show up to a deposition by the Plaintiff. A deposition, if you are unfamiliar, is typically done in the office of a private attorney. Not in the Court.