City of Superior appeal’s judge ruling in DoorDash tasing case

Image from Body camera video of Ian Cuypers confrontation (February 28, 2024)

SUPERIOR, Wis. – The City of Superior is appealing a judge’s “summary judgment” issued in Mid-February in the case of a DoorDash driver being tased.

The incident happened back in February of 2024.

A federal judge ruled that Superior Police Officer Taylor Gaard violated the Fourth Amendment Rights of Ian Cuypers when she deployed her taser on Cuypers’ lower back and legs.

The judge said Gaard violated Cuyper’s rights by using excessive force against Cuyper.

The appeal says, “Defendants appeal both aspects of the Court’s ruling on summary judgment: (1) the denial of qualified immunity to Defendant Gaard on Plaintiff’s excessive force claim arising from her deployment of a Taser, and (2) the grant of Plaintiff’s motion for partial summary judgment on that same claim. Further, Defendants appeal the denial of qualified immunity on Defendants Taylor and Brown’s failure to intervene to prevent Gaard from deploying her taser; Defendants Taylor and Gaard’s use of excessive force against Cuypers in pointing their firearm at him; and Defendant Gaard’s failure to intervene to prevent Taylor from pointing his firearm at Cuypers.”

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The appeal was just filed.  The trial in this case, determining damages and other aspects of the case, was slated for late July 2026.