On March 1, 2012, Jones Day Columbus won an appeal brought on behalf of a Michigan prisoner in the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. The prisoner, Floyd Perkins, is serving a life sentence for first degree murder in Michigan state prison. Since the time of his arrest, Mr. Perkins has maintained that he is actually innocent of the crime for which he was convicted.

On March 5, 2007, in connection with Mr. Aguilar-Cerda’s attempt to seek adjustment of status to lawful permanent resident, an immigration judge found Mr. Aguilar-Cerda removable from the United States for (1) procuring admission to the United States by fraud and (2) entering the United States without having been admitted. The Board of Immigration Appeals affirmed Mr. Aguilar-Cerda’s removability on the latter grounds. When Mr. Aguilar-Cerda appealed the BIA’s decision to the Seventh Circuit, the National Immigrant Justice Center referred the matter to Jones Day.