I don't believe this qualifies under the Federal Statute. The clerk is probably not a sworn peace officer who violated someone's civil rights. However, the clerk is still in deep kim chi.
I don't know how it works in Ohio, but in Kaleefornia Law Enforcement officers, dispatchers, and clerks are given training and warned that searches of data bases unrelated to legitimate law enforcement investigations can result in severe criminal and civil penalties.
Many times in the course of duties, someone in Law Enforcement gets into a situation and is sued. The municipality employing the person normally hires a lawyer to defend the person if the action arose out of the scope of person's duties. However, unauthorized searches of data bases in not within the scope of duties of law enforcement personnel, and their departments and the municipalities will not defend them. They are on their own, and their unions must decide whether or not to hire a lawyer to defend them. And they DON'T HAVE TO! Thus, a person who screws up may face huge legal bills just to stay out of jail and may face huge civil fines.
I hope Ohio has the same penalties as Kaleefornia.