Section 4-14 - Failure to Appear If a contestant fails to appear at the place, date, and time specified in a notice, the hearing officer may:
(a) Continue the hearing to a later date and provide proper notice as prescribed in these rules; or
(b) Proceed to conduct the hearing without the contestant and dispose of the contested case, unless prohibited by federal or state statute; or
(c) Dismiss a hearing if: - (i) The contestant withdraws the request in writing; or
- (ii) The contestant fails to appear at a scheduled hearing without good cause. Good cause shall be determined by considering circumstances which are beyond the contestant's control, such as illness, illness of another household member requiring the presence of the contestant, a household emergency, unavailability of transportation, lack of adequate child care or other such circumstances which the hearing officer determines were beyond the contestant's control.
048-4 Wyo. Code R. § 4-14