51 F.3d 267
NOTICE: Fourth Circuit I.O.P. 36.6 states that citation of unpublished dispositions is disfavored except for establishing res judicata, estoppel, or the law of the case and requires service of copies of cited unpublished dispositions of the Fourth Circuit.Charles Merrill MOUNT, Plaintiff-Appellant,v.Carolyn V. RICKARDS, Warden, Defendant-Appellee.
No. 94-7304.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted:  March 15, 1995.Decided:  April 3, 1995.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, at Alexandria.  James C. Cacheris, Chief District Judge.  (CA-94-201-AM)
Charles Merrill Mount, Appellant Pro Se.
Before RUSSELL and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges, and CHAPMAN, Senior Circuit Judge.
PER CURIAM:


1
Appellant appeals the district court's order assessing a partial filing fee in his civil rights action brought pursuant to Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of Narcotics, 403 U.S. 388 (1971).  The district court denied in forma pauperis and assessed a partial filing fee.  Cf. Evans v. Croom, 650 F.2d 521 (4th Cir.1981), cert. denied, 454 U.S. 1153 (1982);  28 U.S.C. Sec. 1915(a) (1988).  Appellant appealed.*  Finding no abuse of discretion, we deny leave to proceed in forma pauperis and dismiss the appeal.  We dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the materials before the Court and argument would not aid the decisional process.

DISMISSED


*
 The district court's denial of leave to proceed in forma pauperis is an appealable order.  Roberts v. United States, 339 U.S. 844, 845 (1950)


