[Aguila Blanca]

Conjecture on my part:

I think her sole intent was to make life difficult for Corporal Morris. She wanted to cost him time and money. Since he would not be a party to a preliminary hearing under the red flag law, and she's probably smart enough to have known that her petition would not survive the preliminary hearing, she elected to skip it and move directly to the hearing where Morris would have to appear and be represented.

As events transpired, Morris didn't appear personally and his attorneys were provided by the State of Colorado, so it didn't cost him anything but some publicity (which was overwhelmingly positive towards him) and maybe a couple of night's sleep.