 In the 2017 case "Cazun v. Attorney General", Hardiman concurred in the judgment to explain that the Immigration and Nationality Act unambiguously forbids aliens subject to reinstated removal orders from applying for asylum and the court should have held as much without resorting to "Chevron" deference.In "Brian D. Prowel v. Wise Business Forms, INC.", Hardiman "wrote for the court in allowing a gender-stereotyping claim by a gay man who described himself as “effeminate” to go forward, reversing the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of the company where the man worked, and which ultimately fired him".Hardiman determined that the Mr. Prowel's case could move forward because he is allowed to argue that he faced discrimination for not conforming to the company's vision of gender norms.