Liberia: State Jumped the Gun, Judge Finds, in Case That Shut Down Sekou Dukuly's Three Care Homes in the United States of America

Liberia, Oct. 14 -- An administrative law judge says Minnesota regulators failed to prove Golden Touch Health Care posed an imminent danger to residents, a finding supporters of owner Sekou Dukuly call long overdue.

By Selma Lomax, [e-mail]

ST. PAUL, Minn. - For two months, Sekou Hussein Dukuly has watched the business he built in the Twin Cities suburbs sit empty, its residents relocated and its licenses frozen by order of the state. This week, a judge told Minnesota health officials they got it wrong.

In a ruling dated October 14, 2026, Administrative Law Judge Suzanne Todnem concluded that the Minnesota Department of Health "prematurely" suspended the three assisted living licenses held by Dukuly's compa...