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The thread lawyers can answer this better, but I don't think it will cause any pause on the clerk's end. I personally know of a case where there was an injection against a construction project, documents about the site's history were requested as an open record request, the other party had a shitfit and tried to stop the release citing the injunction, but the county and city sent the records anyways. FOIA means the goverment has to turn over records unless the documents themselves are sealed. An RO doesn't seal anything.We've already seen how he tries to cut off Hardin's investigations by yelling at town clerks. Now, he can tell them "don't respond to Hardin, he's such a stalker I had to request a protective order FROM THE POLICE against him. Here's the docket number to prove it." That may actually be enough to give the clerks pause, whereas before they gave Hardin the requested info as a matter of course.
Not to say that Goofus won't try this tactic, but it ultimately shouldn't work.

