Gifford v. Small Business Administration

626 F.2d 85 Peter E. GIFFORD and Ada O. Gifford, husband and wife, doing business as Pete's Aircraft, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION, Mitchell Kobelinski, United States of America, Defendants-Appellees. No. 77-3224. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Oct. 4, 1979. Decided June 30, 1980. Peter E. Gifford, pro per. Carroll D. Gray, Asst. U. S. Atty., Spokane, Wash., for defendants-appellees. OPINION Before COWEN, Senior Judge, * TRASK and HUG, Circuit Judges. TRASK, Circuit Judge. 1 Appellant Gifford takes this appeal from a summary judgment for the defendant-appellee Small Business Administration (SBA). Gifford's complaint asserts two bases for his claim against the SBA. First, he alleges that the SBA failed to provide him with managerial and financial counseling and assistance in the conduct of his fledgling furniture manufacturing business. Second, Gifford alleges that the SBA failed initially to lend him adequate funds to insure the success of his furniture business. He claims that both failures breached statutory duties of the SBA. 2 The district court determined that both the decision to provide business consultation and…