( March 30, 2026, 1:45 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court on March 30 denied a petition for a writ of certiorari by a Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan recipient seeking review of a Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel decision that affirmed a Louisiana federal court ruling upholding the refusal by the Small Business Administration (SBA) to forgive a portion of a loan that had been based on payments the loan recipient made to its independent contractors the year before the COVID-19 pandemic....