A federal judge Friday tossed out the majority motions filed by the state in a court case that has the futures of Murray Center residents at its core.  Judge Marvin Aspen scolded the Department of Human Services for their motion seeking to have hundreds of letters and affidavits submitted in the case, thrown out.  Aspen says in his ruling, that the court need not discuss in detail the state’s dismay at the number of affidavits or declarations, submitted by plaintiffs for their fact witnesses, as the court did not limit the parties to any particular number of witnesses, and he sees no reason to constrict plaintiffs’ ability to present their case.  The judge also notes that while the letters are not sworn affidavits, hearsay can be considered in entering a preliminary injunction, despite the state’s assertion that it is not.  He says some of the letters—particularly the letters from guardians describing in detail their wards’ conditions and experiences in different types of housing—include facts relevant to the issues to be determined at the preliminary injunction hearing.   DHS also asked the court to strike testimony from witnesses who describe what it called “inconsequential” incidents, specifically, and they took issue with two declarations from Murray employees who state that they were instructed to transfer a resident’s belongings to a home, only to discover upon arrival that the home was not yet habitable.  DHS claimed that the incident was entirely irrelevant because the legal standard does not require that the transfer of hundreds of residents must be “glitch-free in every respect.”  Aspen said such evidence may support the plaintiffs’ assertion that the state is rushing the assessments and transfers of residents and failing to ensure that the new housing arrangements are suitable for the disabled residents displaced from Murray.