( October 7, 2025, 4:25 PM EDT) -- RICHMOND, Va. — The Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals denied a small business loan recipient’s petition for en banc rehearing of a panel decision affirming the judgment of a Virginia federal court, which granted the summary judgment motion of the Small Business Administration (SBA) in a lawsuit alleging that the agency’s denial of COVID-19-related relief payments for an SBA loan 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....