of the Amtrak Board of Directors. 5 U.S.C. app. § 8G(c), (d). Therefore, because OIG exists solely within Amtrak’s corporate structure and reports directly to the chairperson of Amtrak’s Board of Directors, it is not a separate entity that may be sued in its own name. See Blackmar v. Guerre, 342 U.S. 512, 514-15, 72 S.Ct. 410, 96 L.Ed. 534 (1952). Even if OIG were an independent entity that could be sued in its own name, Plaintiff fails to state a claim against OIG upon which relief can be granted. See Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(6). As noted above, Plaintiff fails to state a claim for breach of implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing because it fails to allege that a valid contract existed between the parties that could give rise to such a duty. Va. Vemiiculite, 156 F.3d at 542 (<HOLDING>). Plaintiffs claims of tortious interference
holding that where the conduct forming the basis of the plaintiffs breach of duty of good faith and fair dealing claim is the same conduct forming the basis for the breach of contract claim the claims merge and there is no separate cause of action for breach of duty of good faith and fair dealing holding that erisa preempts claims for breach of contract breach of duty of good faith and fair dealing and negligent misrepresentations holding that the governments breach of its duty of good faith and fair dealing justified relieving the contractor of a default termination holding that duty of good faith and fair dealing did not extend to thirdparty claimant holding that the duty of good faith and fair dealing is a contractual duty