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Freddie Wayne HUFF, II, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY; Division of State Highway Patrol, a principal sub-unit of an agency of the State of North Carolina; William J. Grey, in his official capacity as Commanding Officer of the Division of State Highway Patrol and individually; Jennifer A. Harris, in her official capacity as the Director of Professional Standards for the Division of State Highway Patrol and individually; Joseph A. Cotton, in his official capacity as the Director of Internal Affairs with the Division of State Highway Patrol and individually, Defendants-Appellees, and Frank L. Perry, Defendant.
    No. 16-2378
    United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
    Submitted: August 23, 2017
    Decided: September 8, 2017
    Randolph M. James, RANDOLPH M. JAMES P.C., Winston-Salem, North Carolina, for Appellant. Josh Stein, North Carolina Attorney General, Tammera S. Hill, Assistant Attorney General, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellees.
    Before DUNCAN, FLOYD, and • HARRIS, Circuit Judges.
   Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

PER CURIAM:

Freddie Wayne Huff, II, appeals the district court’s order granting Defendants summary judgment on Huffs equal protection, due process, and North Carolina wrongful discharge claims. We have reviewed the record and find no reversible error. Accordingly, we affirm the district court’s order and judgment. See Huff v. N.C. Dep’t of Pub. Safety, No. 1:15-cv-00599-CCE-JEP (M.D.N.C. Nov. 2, 2016); see also Engquist v. Or. Dep’t of Agric., 553 U.S. 591, 605, 128 S.Ct. 2146, 170 L.Ed.2d 975 (2008) (holding that “the class-of-one theory of equal protection— which presupposes' that like individuals should be treated alike, and that to treat them differently is to classify them in a way that must survive at least rationality review—is simply a poor fit in the public context”); Muchira v. Al-Rawaf 850 F.3d 605, 616 (4th Cir. 2017), pet. for cert. filed, No. 17-154 (U.S. Jul. 28, 2017) (recognizing that “[cjonclusory allegations and speculation will not suffice” to defeat summary judgment); Huff v. N.C. Dep’t of Pub. Safety, 782 S.E.2d 926 (N.C. Ct. App.) (holding that Huffs “State employment with the State Highway Patrol did not meet the statutory minimum for qualification as a career State employee”), rev. denied, Huff v. N.C. Dep’t of Pub. Safety, 369 N.C. 67, 793 S.E.2d 222 (2016). We dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the materials before this court and argument would not aid the decisional process.

AFFIRMED