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UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

BIFFORD L. SCARBOROUGH,
Plaintiff-Appellant,

v.
                                                                      No. 99-2671
AEGIS COMMUNICATIONS GROUP,
INCORPORATED,
Defendant-Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Eastern District of Virginia, at Norfolk.
Tommy E. Miller, Magistrate Judge.
(CA-99-277-2)

Submitted: May 23, 2000

Decided: June 20, 2000

Before WIDENER, WILKINS, and LUTTIG, Circuit Judges.

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Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

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COUNSEL

Bifford L. Scarborough, Appellant Pro Se. Thomas Michael Lucas,
Ruth Litvin, MCGUIRE, WOODS, BATTLE & BOOTHE, Norfolk,
Virginia, for Appellee.

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Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. See
Local Rule 36(c).
OPINION

PER CURIAM:

Bifford Scarborough appeals the district court's order granting
summary judgment to Aegis Communications Group, Inc. (Aegis), in
this action alleging wrongful discharge. Our de novo review of the
record discloses that Scarborough offered no direct proof that he was
discharged in violation of the Age Discrimination in Employment
Act. Further, because Scarborough was not performing at a level
meeting his employer's legitimate job expectations, Scarborough did
not establish a prima facie case of discrimination under the indirect,
burden-shifting proof method applicable in ADEA cases. See Mitchell
v. Data Gen'l Corp., 12 F.3d 1310, 1315 (4th Cir. 1993).

To the extent that Scarborough raised a claim of race discrimina-
tion in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as
amended, the record reveals that he did not exhaust his administrative
remedies. Therefore, the claim properly was subject to dismissal. See
Smith v. First Union Nat'l Bank, 202 F.3d 234, 247-48 (4th Cir.
2000).

Scarborough additionally alleged that he was fired in retaliation for
filing a claim with the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA).
The district court correctly determined that there is no private right of
action under OSHA. See Elliott v. S.D. Warren Co., 134 F.3d 1, 4 (1st
Cir. 1998). Scarborough attempted to raise a state law claim that he
was fired in retaliation for filing a complaint with the Virginia
Department of Labor and Industry, in violation of Va. Code Ann.
§ 40.1-51.2:1 (Michie 1999). However, to the extent that such a claim
was properly before the district court, it lacked merit: Scarborough
did not demonstrate that the legitimate business reason articulated to
counter the prima facie case of retaliatory discharge was pretextual.

We find none of the claims before the court to have merit. Accord-
ingly, we affirm. 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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