Ronnie Williams v. Diana Dunn

── Ronnie Williams v. Diana Dunn ── Court: Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit Date: April 21, 2026 Category: General NOT PRECEDENTIAL UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT ___________ No. 25-2329 __________ RONNIE C. WILLIAMS, a/k/a Ronald C. Williams, Appellant v. DIANA DUNN, Deputy Attorney General, State of Delaware; KELLY SHERIDAN, Deputy Attorney General, State of Delaware; JOSHUAH SMITH, Detective, New Castle County Police Department; KEITH SYDNOR, Detective, New Castle County Police Department ____________________________________ On Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Delaware (D.C. Civil Action No. 1:23-cv-01311) District Judge: Honorable Maryellen Noreika ____________________________________ Submitted Pursuant to Third Circuit LAR 34.1(a) April 15, 2026 Before: KRAUSE, RESTREPO, and PORTER, Circuit Judges (Opinion filed: April 21, 2026) ___________ OPINION * ___________ * This disposition is not an opinion of the full Court and pursuant to I.O.P. 5.7 does not constitute binding precedent. PER CURIAM Appellant Ronnie C. Williams, a Delaware state prisoner proceeding pro se, appeals from the District Court’s dismissal of his civil rights complaint. For the reasons that follow, we will affirm the District Court’s judgment. Williams is currently serving a 22-year prison sentence for sexually abusing two children, A.G. and E.S.H. Williams v. State, 296 A.3d 895, 899 (Del. 2023). On September 27, 2019, Williams was arrested on 22 charges related to his sexual abuse of both victims. On October 25, 2021, he was reindicted on an additional charge of sexual solicitation of A.G. On November 19, 2021, a jury convicted Williams of rape in the second degree, continuous sexual abuse of a child, unlawful sexual contact, sexual solicitation of a child, and sexual abuse of a child by a person in a position of trust. 1 Id. In November 2021, Williams brought a civil rights action against defendants from the New Castle County Police Department and the Delaware Attorney General’s Office, namely, Deputy Attorneys General Kelly Sheridan and Diana Dunn, and Detectives Joshuah Smith and Keith Sydnor. He alleged that the criminal investigation and prosecution which resulted in his current incarceration violated the United States Constitution and the Delaware Constitution by malicious prosecution and abuse of process. He also raised a state-law claim of intentional infliction of emotional distress. 1 The jury acquitted Williams of the charges involving the abuse of his nephew, A.D. See Williams, 296 A.3d at 905. Williams does not discuss these charges in his complaint outside of mentioning that, of the crimes he was charged with, five counts related “to a third party.” His complaint indicates that he was acquitted on charges related to A.G. and E.S.H., not A.D. 2 The defendants moved to dismiss Williams’s complaint under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6) on the grounds of prosecutorial immunity, qualified immunity, and failure to state a claim. Williams filed a response in opposition. The District Court granted the motions and dismissed the complaint with prejudice for a variety of reasons. Williams appealed. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. Our review of a District Court’s decision to grant a Rule 12(b)(6) motion to dismiss