48 U.S.C. § 2168 — Selection of presiding judge

For cases in which the debtor^* is a territory^*, the Chief Justice of the United States shall designate a district court judge to sit by designation to conduct the case.

For cases in which the debtor is not a territory, and no motion for joint administration of the debtor’s case with the case of its affiliate^* territory has been filed or there is no case in which the affiliate territory is a debtor, the chief judge of the court of appeals for the circuit embracing the district in which the case is commenced shall designate a district court judge to conduct the case.