( May 21, 2026, 2:18 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court denied a petition for writ of certiorari challenging the First Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals’ remand of a lawsuit seeking to recover subcontractors’ financial losses after a contractor and its surety allegedly did not pay them for work related to rebuilding projects in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands following Hurricane Maria, leaving undisturbed the appeals court’s instruction for the lower court to dismiss the complaint for lack of subject matter jurisdiction....