( January 7, 2026, 8:46 AM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A small business seeking COVID-19-related relief payments for a Small Business Administration (SBA) loan has petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court for review of a Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel decision affirming the judgment of a Virginia federal court, which granted the SBA’s summary judgment motion in the business’s lawsuit alleging that the agency’s denial of relief payments violated the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, was arbitrary and capricious in violation of the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) and violated due process....