Philip Roberts Chatman, Jr. v. Commodore D.E. Hernandez, U.S.N.

Appellant Philip Roberts Chatman, Jr. challenges a district court order dismissing his pro se complaint on the grounds that the court lacked subject matter jurisdiction under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, 28 U.S.C. §§ 2241, 2255 or 28 U.S.C. §§ 1346(b), 2671-80. For the reasons stated below, we affirm.

We adopt the district court’s statement of the facts as follows:

Phillip R. Chatman, Jr., Aviation Boatswain’s Mate Handler Third Class (E-4), U.S. Navy, was accused of murdering his twenty one month old daughter, assault on a Naval Investigative Service agent, and fraudulent enlistment. On March 22, 1982,…