ORDER

SHERI POLSTER CHAPPELL, District Judge.

This matter comes before the Court on the Defendant's Motion to Appoint Investigator and Exceed Initial Investigative Fee Cap of $2,400.00 (Doc. #104) filed on July 28, 2015. Defense Counsel moves the Court for permission to appoint an investigator and to exceed the initial investigative fee cap of $2,400.00 as payment for the investigator's services. As grounds, Counsel indicates that discovery consists of five (5) DVDs containing in excess of 2,100 pages of documents, 2.3 hours of video clippings from cell phones, Excel worksheets with text messages from cellular phones and 970 images including photographs. Counsel seeks to retain the services of Doral Investigations to assist counsel in the review of discovery and in the preparation of this case. Doral Investigations charges $40.00 per hour. Counsel expects to exceed the cap of $2,400.00 by an additional $5,100.00, for a total of $7,500.00.

Upon review, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3006(A)(e)(3), the Court will grant the Motion up to the maximum amount1 of $2,400, and the rest will be paid contingent upon and pending authorization from the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals. Upon receiving confirmation of approval from the Court, counsel shall forward a completed CJA 21 form to the CJA Deputy Clerk in the Orlando Division with a copy of the Memorandum confirming authorization.

Accordingly, it is now

ORDERED:

Defendant's Motion to Appoint Investigator and Exceed Initial Investigative Fee Cap of $2,400.00 (Doc. #104) is GRANTED and the additional amount requested remains pending authorization from the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals.

DONE AND ORDERED.