I have been writing about recent Ninth Circuit cases that to me seem very significant, but have been overlooked by the pundit class. The last one is a mandatory detention case, Rodriguez v. Robbins, decided on April 16, 2013. In the case, based on 9th Circuit precedent and the doctrine of constitutional avoidance, the Ninth Circuit affirmed a preliminary injunction in favor of aliens being detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement in excess of six months. The injunction holds that…