(a)  Assignment of Cases.  Cases are assigned to judges by random selection to the extent possible.  The Chief Judge may direct the Clerk to reassign cases as necessary.

(b)  Related Cases.  A case related to another pending case may be assigned or reassigned to the judge with the earliest filed case.  A case is “related” to another case if one of the debtors in one case is an “affiliate” or an “insider” of a debtor in another case, as those terms are defined in 11 U.S.C. § 101.

(c)   Repeat Cases.  If the debtor has filed a bankruptcy case in the previous eight years, the Clerk may reassign the case to the judge to whom the previous bankruptcy case was assigned.