I don't think you'll be able to make this work - trying to enable the field with JavaScript doesn't work.
The reasoning is that updating and reassigning and handled differently by the system - each has its own message in the SDK.
Ownership and status changes can't be done during and update - they must be processed separately.
You might just want to select multiple records and then choose the Assign button from he ribbon.
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