No. 90-55281

939 F.2d 740 MERIDIAN INTERNATIONAL LOGISTICS, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America and Does 1 through 100, inclusive, Defendants-Appellees. No. 90-55281. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted May 6, 1991. Decided July 19, 1991. Mark P. Robinson and John D. Rowell, Robinson, Robinson & Phillips, Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiff-appellant. Marleigh D. Dover, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for defendants-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California. Before TANG, REINHARDT and WIGGINS, Circuit Judges. WIGGINS, Circuit Judge: 1 Meridian International Logistics, Inc. ("Meridian"), appeals from the district court's order dismissing its complaint for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. Meridian originally brought this libel and slander action against Thomas Gates, an agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation. After the United States Attorney certified that Gates was acting within the scope of his FBI employment in taking the actions giving rise to Meridian's complaint, the United States was substituted as defendant. The district court dismissed for lack of subject matter…