UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 98-2410
MANDIE SUE MILLS,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
versus
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Defendant - Appellee.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of
South Carolina, at Columbia. Dennis W. Shedd, District Judge.
(CA-98-1181-3-19)
Submitted: March 2, 1999 Decided: April 13, 1999
Before WIDENER, NIEMEYER, and HAMILTON, Circuit Judges.
Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Henry Dargan McMaster, Bryan P. Stirling, TOMPKINS & MCMASTER,
Columbia, South Carolina, for Appellant. J. Rene Josey, United
States Attorney, Frances C. Trapp, Assistant United States Attor-
ney, Columbia, South Carolina, for Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
See Local Rule 36(c).
PER CURIAM:
Mandie Sue Mills appeals the district court’s order dismissing
her claim under the Federal Tort Claims Act for lack of subject
matter jurisdiction. We have reviewed the record and the district
court’s opinion and find no reversible error. Although we recog-
nize the grievous loss suffered by Mrs. Mills, application of the
Feres doctrine compels the conclusion that relief in a judicial
forum is simply unavailable. Accordingly, we affirm on the reason-
ing of the district court. See Mills v. United States, No. CA-98-
1181-3-19 (D.S.C. July 21, 1998). 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
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