Azagrar v. U.S. Small Bus. Admin.

── Azagrar v. U.S. Small Bus. Admin. ── Court: Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Date: June 01, 2026 Category: General 25-3051-cv Azagrar v. U.S. Small Bus. Admin. UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT SUMMARY ORDER RULINGS BY SUMMARY ORDER DO NOT HAVE PRECEDENTIAL EFFECT. CITATION TO A SUMMARY ORDER FILED ON OR AFTER JANUARY 1, 2007, IS PERMITTED AND IS GOVERNED BY FEDERAL RULE OF APPELLATE PROCEDURE 32.1 AND THIS COURT’S LOCAL RULE 32.1.1. WHEN CITING A SUMMARY ORDER IN A DOCUMENT FILED WITH THIS COURT, A PARTY MUST CITE EITHER THE FEDERAL APPENDIX OR AN ELECTRONIC DATABASE (WITH THE NOTATION “SUMMARY ORDER”). A PARTY CITING TO A SUMMARY ORDER MUST SERVE A COPY OF IT ON ANY PARTY NOT REPRESENTED BY COUNSEL. At a stated term of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, held at the Thurgood Marshall United States Courthouse, 40 Foley Square, in the City of New York, on the 1st day of June, two thousand twenty-six. PRESENT: SARAH A. L. MERRIAM, MARIA ARAÚJO KAHN, Circuit Judges, ARUN SUBRAMANIAN, District Judge. * _____________________________________ JOSEPH BEN HADDOU AZAGRAR, & PET ER 24/7, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. 25-3051-cv UNITED STATES SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION; KELLY LOEFFLER, IN HER OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS ADMINISTRATOR OF THE SBA; FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF PENNSYLVANIA, Defendants-Appellees. * Judge Arun Subramanian of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, sitting by designation. _____________________________________ FOR PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT: JOSEPH BEN HADDOU AZAGRAR, pro se, East Setauket, NY. FOR DEFENDANTS-APPELLEES VARUNI NELSON, Assistant UNITED STATES SMALL BUSINESS United States Attorney, ADMINISTRATION AND KELLY Brooklyn, NY (Thomas R. Price, LOEFFLER: Assistant United States Attorney, Central Islip, NY, on the brief), for Joseph Nocella, Jr., United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, Brooklyn, NY. FOR DEFENDANT-APPELLEE Novica Petrovski, Chartwell Law, FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF New York, NY. PENNSYLVANIA: Appeal from an order of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (Reyes, J.). UPON DUE CONSIDERATION, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that the November 17, 2025, order of the District Court is AFFIRMED. Appellant Joseph Ben Haddou Azagrar, proceeding pro se, appeals from the denial of his motion for a preliminary injunction. Azagrar brought this action on his own behalf and purportedly on behalf of his business, 1 a veterinary clinic called “Pet ER 24/7,” against 1 A self-represented plaintiff cannot bring claims on behalf of any other party, including his own business. See, e.g., Berrios v. N.Y.C. Hous. Auth., 564 F.3d 130, 132-33 (2d Cir. 2009). 2 the United States Small Business Administration and its administrator, Kelly Loeffler, (together, the “SBA”) and the First National Bank of Pennsylvania (“FNB”). The complaint asserts three claims, all based on the SBA and FNB’s failure to issue a loan: (1) violation of the Administrative Proc