Ron Childress brought this action against federal employee, Stella Donelan, in a South Carolina state court alleging defamation and tortious interference with contractual relations. After the United States Attorney certified that Donelan was acting within the scope of her employment at the time of the conduct alleged in the complaint, the United States, pursuant to the Federal Employees Liability Reform and Tort Compensation Act of 1988, 28 U.S.C. § 2679 (2000), substituted itself as defendant in Childress’s action, removed the action to federal court, and then moved pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(1) to have Childress’s action dismissed for lack of subject matter jurisdiction.

Although Childress opposed the United States’ substitution, the district court determined that Donelan was acting within the scope of her employment at the time of the conduct alleged in Childress’s complaint, denied Childress’s motion to deny the United States’ substitution, and grant *170 ed the United States’ motion to dismiss Childress’s state law tort claims. * We have reviewed the record and find no reversible error. Accordingly, we affirm for the reasons stated by the district court. See Childress v. United States, No. 3:07-cv-03312-RJC (D.S.C. filed Mar. 13, 2008; entered Mar. 14, 2008). We dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the materials before the court and argument would not aid the decisional process.

AFFIRMED.