Case Name: Booker T. WOODARD, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORP., Defendant-Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2004-09-23
Citations: 110 F. App'x 706
Docket Number: No. 03-3421
Parties: Booker T. WOODARD, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORP., Defendant-Appellee.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 110
Pages: 706–706

Head Matter:
Booker T. WOODARD, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORP., Defendant-Appellee.
No. 03-3421.
United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.
Submitted Sept. 23, 2004.
Decided Sept. 23, 2004.
Booker T. Woodard, Rockford, IL, pro se.
Julie J. Furer, Schiff, Hardin & Waite, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee.
Before EASTERBROOK, DIANE P. WOOD, and EVANS, Circuit Judges.
After an examination of the briefs and the record, we have concluded that oral argument is unnecessary. Thus, the appeal is submitted on the briefs and the record. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
ORDER
Booker Woodard alleges that the Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation discriminated against him by denying him employment in 1995 and 1996. He brought suit in January 2001, invoking 42 U.S.C. § 1981 and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq., but the district court found that his claims were barred: he had missed the 300-day deadline for filing an administrative charge with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (a prerequisite for Title VII lawsuits, see 42 U.S.C. § 2000e — 5(e)(1); Walker v. Abbott Labs., 340 F.3d 471, 474 (7th Cir. 2003)), and the time between the allegedly discriminatory acts and the filing of the complaint was more than two years (the limitations period in Illinois for failure-to-hire suits under § 1981, see Walker, 340 F.3d at 474).
Woodard appeals from the district court's judgment, but his pro se brief is difficult to follow. It presents no discernable argument, statement of issues for review, or account of the underlying facts, as required by Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 28(a). Athough we construe their filings liberally, pro se litigants must still comply with Rule 28(a) or their appeals will be dismissed. See Anderson v. Hardman, 241 F.3d 544, 545-46 (7th Cir. 2001). Thus, the appeal is DISMISSED.