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Caption and Notice title, p. 1 (p. 1-1)

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA )
COUNTY OF CHARLESTON ) IN THE COURT OF COMMON
) PLEAS
) NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
James C. (“Chris”) McNeil and ) Meaghan Poyer, ) Civil Action No. 2025-CP-10-05095 ) Plaintiffs, ) NOTICE OF RECORD )
ASYMMETRY AND
v. )
MIRROR DOCKET
) PROOF OF CONCEPT
SAC 181, LLC, )
WHITE PAPER
Meridian Residential Group, LLC, ) Adam W. Bayles, individually, ) Tara Bayles, individually, and ) MRG Investing Company LLC ) ) Defendants. ) _____________________________________ )

Public Notice of the Docket Mirror White Paper, pp. 1-2 (p. 1-2)

For a full-quality version of this filing, go to:
SCANNERGATE.COM/DOCKET
Or scan this QR code . Public Notice of the Docket Mirror White Paper: Introducing the concept of the Docket Mirror, defining a public-facing, legal document restoration proof of concept intended to rebalance justice. The intention is for Docket Mirror to restore the native text layer and full quality presentation of self-represented filings so they can compete on a more equal footing with those of counsel-represented parties. Docket Mirror will connect the URL of each restored filing to that to its twin on the public docket, with reports demonstrating they are mirror images but for retained quality and text-crawlability. Each filing pdf on Docket Mirror utilizes its web page wrapper to host AI-training schema in order to teach search engines and AI to trust its more easily crawled and higher quality versions of public documents that have been degraded by scanning. South Carolina’s state court system, like that of 27 other states, prohibits self-represented litigants from submitting their filings digitally, creating a 2-tiered justice system. Parties represented by counsel benefit from full quality images, native text, and freedom from being hidden from immediate impressions by cover sheets for motions that have grown to 4 pages per motion in this court over the course of this case. Pro se motions, conversely, are hidden under the cover sheets. And essentially all of their filings are degraded by being scanned in at various degrees of quality, most frequently - per our study of pro se filings in this case - at a 1-bit bitonal setting that has its roots in bandwidth-constricted fax machines from the 1980s. [Exhibit A: Record Fidelity Filings Audit Summary] The need was recently demonstrated when an AI-generated summary stated that this case ended with the August 3 Order and that Plaintiffs would not pursue further review. That was incorrect. Upon examining the AI’s sources, it was discovered that the public docket, as a primary source government site, was trusted as a high authority information source. And the AI did not ingest the self-represented Plaintiff’s counterpoints on the docket at the same rate because Plaintiffs’ text-based arguments had been flattened into images, and web crawlers prefer easily crawled native text to OCR.

A Positive Access-to-Justice Tool, p. 3 (p. 3-3)

A Positive Access-to-Justice Tool. Docket Mirror is thus offered as a constructive bridge to equal access to justice, and is not intended to replace the official docket or request that the Court endorse any disputed claim. It is being developed to test the visibility-increasing technology of STL Schema as a method to enhance access to justice for the vulnerable in one of only two states where the Legislature selects the state level judges. South Carolina has 2.06 attorneys per 1,000 residents, about half the national average, and is 50 th out of 50 states in lawyer density per population. Unlike Virginia, the other state where the legislature selects judges, South Carolina has a commission (the Judicial Merit Selection Commission or JMIC) which pre-selects the judges the legislature can vote on. The JMIC is composed largely of attorney-legislators who could try cases in front of the judges they help select.

No relief requested, p. 3 (p. 3-3)

Plaintiffs request no relief through this Notice. The white paper and exhibits provide the supporting detail so this filing may remain brief.

Signatures, p. 4 (p. 4-4)

Respectfully submitted this 23 rd day of September, 2026.

James C. (“Chris”) McNeil, Pro Se P.O. Box 30386, Charleston, SC 29417 chris@thaut.io

Meaghan Poyer, Pro Se P.O. Box 30386, Charleston, SC 29417 mcneilandpoyer@gmail.com

Exhibit A - Record Fidelity Filings Audit Summary, pp. 5-8 (p. 5-8)

McNeil & Poyer v. SAC 181, LLC, et al. Charleston County Court of Common Pleas  |  Case No. 2025-CP-10-05095 Record Fidelity Filings Audit Summary All non-deleted filings  |  Generated from the Record Fidelity Audit database  |  August 28, 2026 How to read this exhibit. Each filing's official docket copy was retrieved from the Charleston County public docket and measured at the image level. Artifact status reports the fidelity tier of every page image found in the docket copy: BITONAL pages reduced to 1-bit black-and-white, GRAY pages preserved in grayscale, and COLOR pages preserved in full color. The number inside each indicator counts the page images at that tier. DPI 300-300 reports the measured effective resolution range. Two entries remain unassessed: filings by non-plaintiff filers pending analysis. Method details appear in the companion document, Record Fidelity Corpus: Findings, Falsifications, and Method. All Non-Deleted Filings ID Filed Title Filed by Docket
URL
Artifact status 6 2025-09-09 Summons and Complaint James C. McNeil Yes Assessed BITONAL 17
DPI 300-300
7 2025-09-15 Amended Complaint James C. McNeil Yes Assessed BITONAL 12
GRAY 1 DPI 300-300
8 2025-09-19 Motion to Disqualify Counsel James C. McNeil Yes Assessed BITONAL 9
DPI 300-300
9 2025-09-24 Emergency Motion for (1) Redaction of Personal Identifiers and (2) Notice of Potential Need for TRO James C. McNeil Yes Assessed BITONAL 5
DPI 300-300
37 2025-09-24 Notice of Change of Address for Service James C. McNeil Yes Assessed BITONAL 1
DPI 300-300
10 2025-09-30 Motion to Compel Insurance Disclosure & for Sanctions Meaghan Poyer Yes Assessed BITONAL 12
DPI 300-300
11 2025-09-30 Motion for Expedited Hearing on Motion to Disqualify Counsel Meaghan Poyer Yes Assessed BITONAL 5
DPI 300-300
12 2025-10-24 Motion for Leave to File Second Amended Complaint James C. McNeil Yes Assessed
BITONAL 159
GRAY 6 DPI 300-300
13 2025-10-29 Emergency Motion for Rule 11 Sanctions and to Strike Defective Answer Pursuant to SCRCP 11(b)(3) and 12(f) James C. McNeil Yes Assessed BITONAL 21
DPI 300-300
14 2025-10-29 Notice of Filing Corrected/Redacted Exhibit James C. McNeil Yes Assessed BITONAL 2
DPI 300-300
15 2025-10-30 Plaintiffs' Response in Opposition to SAC 181, LLC's Partial Motion to Dismiss and Motion for More Definite Statement, and Cross-Motion to Grant Leave to File Second Amended Complaint James C. McNeil Yes Assessed BITONAL 8
DPI 300-300
16 2025-10-31 Plaintiffs' Notice of Clarification Regarding October 24, 2025 Motion for Leave and Exhibits James C. McNeil Yes Assessed BITONAL 7
DPI 300-300
17 2025-11-06 Notice of Prior Service and Computed Deadlines James C. McNeil Yes Assessed BITONAL 16
GRAY 2 DPI 300-300
18 2025-11-10 Plaintiffs' Motion to Compel Discovery Responses and for Sanctions, or in the Alternative, Motion for Protective Order Regarding Discovery Deadlines Meaghan Poyer Yes Assessed BITONAL 55
DPI 300-300
19 2025-11-13 Plaintiffs' Amended Response in Opposition to Defendant SAC 181 LLC's Motion for a Case Management Order Regarding the Use of "AI" and Incorporated Memorandum of Law James C. McNeil Yes Assessed BITONAL 77
GRAY 1 DPI 300-300
20 2025-11-26 Plaintiffs' Response and Cross-Motion for Sanctions in Opposition to Defendant SAC 181 LLC's Motion for Sanctions and Incorporated Memorandum of Law James C. McNeil Yes Assessed BITONAL 69
GRAY 10 DPI 300-300
21 2025-12-03 Memorandum Regarding Probate Records, Ownership Interest, and Material Valuation Relating to Jonathan S. Altman and SAC
181, LLC
James C. McNeil Yes Assessed BITONAL 41
GRAY 1 DPI 300-300
28 2025-12-03 Plaintiffs' Notice of Moot Motions James C. McNeil Yes Assessed BITONAL 2
DPI 300-300
22 2025-12-11 Supplemental Memorandum in Support of Plaintiffs' Opposition to Defendants' Motions and in Further Support of Systemic Valuation Anomalies James C. McNeil Yes Assessed BITONAL 33
GRAY 17 DPI 300-300
23 2025-12-23 Plaintiffs' Motion to Sufficiency of Answers to Requests for Admission Under Rule 36(a), SCRCP, and for Deemed Admissions or Order Compelling Adequate Responses James C. McNeil Yes Assessed BITONAL 44
DPI 300-300
24 2026-01-14 Opposition to Motion to Quash Subpoenas and Cross-Motion to Disqualify Counsel for Unconsentable Conflicts of Interest and for Sanctions James C. McNeil Yes Assessed
BITONAL 100
GRAY 11 DPI 300-300
25 2026-01-28 Emergency Motion for Short Health-Based Protective Relief and to Maintain Assignment with Judge Rode James C. McNeil Yes Assessed BITONAL 9
DPI 300-300
26 2026-01-30 Plaintiffs' Supplemental Motion for ADA Accommodation (Remote Filing and Appearances) Meaghan Poyer Yes Assessed BITONAL 26
GRAY 18 DPI 300-300
27 2026-02-10 Plaintiffs' Brief in Advance of February 9, 2026 Scheduling Conference James C. McNeil Yes Assessed BITONAL 8
GRAY 1 DPI 300-300
29 2026-02-24 Plaintiffs' Case Clarity Brief and Omnibus Request for Relief Following February 9, 2026 Status Conference James C. McNeil Yes Assessed COLOR 15
DPI 300-300
30 2026-03-06 Systems Analysis Brief in Aid of Judicial Efficiency James C. McNeil Yes Assessed
BITONAL 144
GRAY 13 DPI 300-300
31 2026-03-20 Brief in Aid of Safety Risk Mitigation and Judicial Clarity James C. McNeil Yes Assessed BITONAL 35
GRAY 3 DPI 300-300
32 2026-03-27 Plaintiffs' Supplemental Notice to the Chief Administrative Judge Concerning Systemic Obstruction, ADA Accessibility, and Urgent Safety Risks James C. McNeil Yes Assessed BITONAL 54
GRAY 1 DPI 300-300
34 2026-04-02 Order Denies Motion to Complex Case Designation Dale Van Slambrook Yes U na s se s sed 33 2026-04-22 Notice of Lis Pendens (181 Gordon Street) James C. McNeil Yes Assessed BITONAL 3
DPI 300-300
36 2026-05-01 Plaintiffs' Notice of Permanent Withdrawal of All Settlement Offers and Demand for Jury Trial James C. McNeil Yes Assessed COLOR 36
DPI 300-300
35 2026-05-11 Plaintiff' Motion for Recusal of the Honorable Jennifer B. McCoy James C. McNeil Yes Assessed BITONAL 9
GRAY 1 DPI 300-300
39 2026-05-11 Plaintiffs' Notice of Pre-Hearing Safety and Case-Management Matters, Request for Temporary Restraining Order and Court- Ordered Forensic Audit of Altman-Controlled Entities, and Proposed Roster Reorganization for May 28, 2026 Hearing James C. McNeil Yes Assessed COLOR 86
DPI 300-300
38 2026-05-13 Plaintiffs' Notice of Correction to May 11, 2026, Notice with Omitted Exhibit D James C. McNeil Yes Assessed COLOR 15
DPI 300-300
41 2026-05-26 Plaintiffs' Emergency Motion for Health Continuance of the May 28, 2026 Hearing Pending Rulings on Federally Mandated ADA Accommodations and the Pending Motion for Leave to File Second Amended Complaint James C. McNeil Yes Assessed COLOR 99
DPI 300-300
44 2026-06-22 Plaintiffs' Motion for Voluntary Dismissal Without Prejudice Pursuant to Rule 41(a)(2),
SCRCP
James C. McNeil Yes Assessed BITONAL 8
DPI 300-300
40 2026-07-29 Plaintiff's Notice of Strategic Thought Leadership and STL Schema Litigation Utilization and Federal Court Stance James C. McNeil Yes Assessed BITONAL 35
GRAY 26 COLOR 57
DPI 300-300
43 2026-08-03 ORDER Judge Wheeler Yes U na s se s sed 42 2026-08-12 Plaintiffs' Motion to Alter or Amend Judgment Pursuant to Rule 59(e), SCRCP James C. McNeil Yes Assessed BITONAL 43
GRAY 4 DPI 300-300

Exhibit A analysis, p. 9 (p. 9-9)

Analysis: Capability by Month Highest fidelity tier observed among docket copies of filings entered each month, with total page images measured. Docket month Max fidelity tier Max fidelity Image count
2024-10 1 BITONAL 15
2025-09 2 GRAY 62
2025-10 2 GRAY 203
2025-11 2 GRAY 230
2025-12 2 GRAY 138
2026-01 2 GRAY 164
2026-02 3 COLOR 24
2026-03 2 GRAY 250
2026-04 1 BITONAL 3
2026-05 3 COLOR 246
2026-06 1 BITONAL 8
2026-07 3 COLOR 118
2026-08 2 GRAY 47
Analysis: Fidelity by Filer Role Filer role Bitonal images Gray images Color images Native-text artifacts Scanned artifacts PlaintiffProSe 1,069 116 308 0 37 PublicDocket 15 0 0 0 1 Analysis: Producer Clusters Producer string Creator string Artifact count Total pages Adobe PDF Library 18.0.4 (blank) 33 1,474
RICOH IM 6000 RICOH IM 6000 5 34