While he waited for his case to move, he redoubled his efforts to learn the law. Over a period of months, he compiled an impressive collection of articles and papers—a makeshift law book of his own. “May it please the court, Petitioner is incarcerated in Orleans Parish Prison and there are no Law Library Facility located in this prison system. Even a law book was deemed contraband. When Calvin saw the elderly men able to eat—that simple, precious act—he fell in love with the law.