'It was my last resort': Father defends decision to take out a restraining order against the school bully that is tormenting his nine-year-old son

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Stephen Feuder, of Fairfield, Sacramento, says his son, 9, keeps getting bullied at school
He approached both the school and the school district, who he claims did not fix the issue
Feuder then went to the police and took out a restraining order against the little
He hopes the move will set an example and scare other bullies
Local parents say it sets the wrong example and is an easy way out

PUBLISHED: 01:03 EST, 24 March 2014 | UPDATED: 11:22 EST, 24 March 2014

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A Sacramento father upset that no one would help stop a nine-year-old bully from picking on his son at school has taken the unprecedented move of filing a restraining order.

Stephen Feuder said his son has been consistently bullied, pushed around and attacked at Rolling Hills Elementary School in Fairfield by another boy.

But when he tried to have the problem sorted, the child did not respond.

'Apparently the little boy ran around the track, came back and punched my son in the face,' Feuder told CBS Sacremento.

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Fed up: Protective father Stephen Feuder, of Fairfield, says that taking a restraining out against a nine-year-old bully was the only thing left to do to help his son

Feuder says both the school, Rolling Hills Elementary, and the school district, Fairfield-Suisun School District, failed to help him with the problem, so we he went to the police

Feuder claims further he was stonewalled by the Fairfield-Suisun School District, who refused to do anything.

So he took matters into his own hands and called the police.

'I’ve tried everything else, so why not that, and it was granted,' he said.

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Daryl Snedeker with the Solano County Sheriff’s Department says he’s never heard of a restraining order against a grade-school student.

'Commonly for us, it’s a domestic violence situation,' he said.

'Obviously this is a little different.

'I guess as a parent, you have to do what you have to do.'

Which is exactly what Feuder says he had to do to protect his son.

Local Sheriff's Deputy Daryl Snedeker said he has never heard of a restraining order being taken out against an elementary school student, but that it is definitely possible

Protective: Stephen Feuder said he hopes the action he has taken will set an example

Not happy: Local parent Lacie Stover says a restraining order sets the wrong example, suggesting it is the easy way out

He hopes the move will send out a message that could help other kids in the future.

'It was my last resort, and I’m glad I did it,' he said.

'Not only for my son, but for the rest of the children.'

However not everyone agrees.

Local mother Lacie Stover said it sends out the wrong message.

'What does that say? Every time you have a problem with somebody, you’re just going to file a restraining order against somebody? This is the real world,' Stover said.

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Misfit, SoCal, 16 minutes ago

Sounds like little Stover was the problem.

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Jaye Mayes, Houston, United States, 17 minutes ago

I think he did the right thing...Schools can't keep this from happening...they don't sue parents...but citizens can...

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mollylovesotis, jupiter, United States, 20 minutes ago

Good job Stephen!! I'm so happy someone is doing the right thing to stop bullying!!!

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sacmom3, Elk Grove Ca, 20 minutes ago

I'm glad this father did what he did. It's obvious the school is of no help at all.

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Doc, good thunder, United States, 21 minutes ago

Yes Stover this is the real world. Why don't you and others like you get into it.

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Mike Lovell, Chicago, 30 minutes ago

Schools never admit a bullying problem, its bad PR for them. And the kids suffer.

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DrMallard, West Palm Beach FL USA, 31 minutes ago

Since the school authorities didn't lift a finger - in fact, they often deliberately look the other way because there nothing like a little bullying to intimidate those smart kids who ask too many questions - the lad's dad did what's right. Since adults can seek orders of protection against their tormenters, why shouldn't that protection be available to children? And if the school honchos feel embarrassed, they jolly well deserve to!

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kurdt, lol, 31 minutes ago

It is no where near an "easy way out"

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Quan Pham, Stockton, United States, 38 minutes ago

I wonder if Stacie Stover would have the same attitude if it was her kid getting punched in the face. The way I see it, the school have to be able to put an end to any bullying as soon as they are notified, if the same complaint must be made for the second time, they are not doing their job. I personally would have seek out legal action against the kid's parents as well. I had punk kids breaking my windows. I could not do much about it and it took me filing a civil complaint against their parent's for $4.5K before I got result. My guess is that those punk kids got the beating they needed that I would have gone to prison for but I use the law to force their parents to do the job. BTY a good way to collect info for your civil action is a game trail camera. Autonomous works in the dark and delivers great pictures of the punk's smiling faces as they pelt our homes with rocks. They aren't smiling much any more and neither is their parents. This is what our legal system is for.

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coolmanluke, New York, United States, 53 minutes ago

"'What does that say? Every time you have a problem with somebody, you¿re just going to file a restraining order against somebody? This is the real world,' Stover said." \\\ Aaaaand in the real world, that's exactly what you can do.