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In a motion filed in U.S. District Court on Thursday, Shawna Cox again asks to be able to attend "the religious portion" of Friday's funeral for Robert "LaVoy" Finicum in Kanab.

Finicum was killed by law enforcement Jan. 26 after attempting to evade arrest in a truck in which Cox was a passenger. After Finicum drove into a snowbank and left the vehicle, the FBI says he twice reached in the direction of a 9 mm handgun. He was shot an unknown number of times.

Cox, 59, is one of 16 land-rights activists, including four still occupying eastern Oregon's Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, who are charged with felony conspiracy for using intimidation to prevent federal officers from doing their work during a monthlong occupation.

On Jan. 29, she became the first of those who had been arrested since Jan. 26 to be released from jail, limited to travel in her hometown of Kanab; Fredonia, Ariz.; and Multnomah County, Ore.

Her attorney, Tiffany A. Harris, asked Wednesday that Cox be allowed to attend Finicum's funeral. U.S. Magistrate Judge Janice Stewart denied the request on the grounds that Finicum was a "co-conspirator" and that "allowing Ms. Cox to gather with 'like-minded people' could lead to unspecified problems," according to Harris' motion.

Harris tried again Thursday, this time with newly assigned U.S. District Judge Anna J. Brown.

"Ms. Cox is not seeking permission to attend a reception or make a home or social visit in connection with the scheduled funeral," Harris wrote. "Her request is limited to entering a church, offering prayers and condolences, and then returning home."

Brown will hear the motion at 10 a.m. MST on Friday.

Cox was released to home detention that allows travel to conduct business and to attend medical appointments and religious services. Stewart allowed Cox to attend a funeral Saturday for her son-in-law, Logan Brown, who was killed in a Kanab shop fire the night Cox was released from jail.

Events surrounding Finicum's service Friday include an empty-saddle memorial ride that will follow the service at 4 p.m. and a "Finicum Family Benefit Concert," during which performers include 18-year-old Victoria Sharp, who was reportedly in the truck with Cox and Finicum but was not arrested.

On Saturday, Texas A&M adjunct professor Angus McIntosh is scheduled to speak at a "Western Rangelands Property Rights Workshop," at the Kanab City Library.