I get the impression that Baez is saying that the owners would not give him permission to go on their property. But he didn't seem to know exactly who they were, and I wonder if he did not simply ask politely.
If they did not want him there, then I can not see how JB could go there straight away? Surely the court would have to send the owners some sort of notice that they were required to let JB on their property. I imagine that notice would have to be in triplicate. signed, sent out, returned, appealed, reissued and lost a few times, before JB actually got on the land?