Bryan James Strother v. David S. Baldwin, Adjutant General, California Army National Guard, et al.
Regardless of the presence or absence of any statutory scheme do enlistment contracts become entitlements vested upon commitment at the decision point United States v. Larionoff, 431 U.S. 864, (1977) or are they unilateral gratuities non-binding upon the United States Department of Defense and its Branches.
II.
There is zero statutory authority or legislative intent to support the Feres doctrine notion of "incident to service" exception. It came out of thin air to usurp the plain language of the FTCA and should be invalidated in favor of new rule in line with 28 U.S.C. § 2680 (j) (k).
III.
Courts and litigants are not reading or following the plain language of the second sentence of F.R.C.P. 9 (b) and contrary judgments, opinions and usage in pleadings about the rule leads to error and uncertainty.
V.
Were Respondents given fair notice of Petitioner's 42 U.S.C. §1983 14th Amendment "Property Interest" Claim, which would allow nominal damages in addition to punitive damages.
IV.
This case is a classic example of a case being capable of repetition yet evading judicial review.
Whether accrued military pay and bonuses are vested property entitlements or unilateral gratuities