and admitted liability with regard to the copyright infringements, Plaintiffs filed on July 6, 2010, their Request for Entry of Default, which was granted on July 23, 2010 (Doc. No. 32). As such, Plaintiffs have complet ed the first step to obtain a default judgment. “Having obtained a default, a plaintiff must next seek a judgment by default under Rule 55(b).” Green, 420 F.3d at 104. Upon entry of default, all the well-pleaded allegations of the complaint are accepted as true. Greyhound Exhibitgroup v. E.L.U.L. Realty Corp., 973 F.2d 155, 158 (2d Cir.1992). The court, however, must still determine whether, based on the complaint’s well-pleaded allegations, the complaint states a claim upon which relief can be granted. Au Bon Pain Corp. v. Artect, Inc., 653 F.2d 61, 65 (2d Cir.1981) (<HOLDING>); see also Garden City Boxing Club, Inc. v.
holding that nature and occasion of offenses are facts inherent in convictions and those facts need not be alleged in indictment or submitted to jury holding district court has complete discretion whether to treat facts as conceded where local rule is violated recognizing that it is not dispositive that the facts alleged in the ihra claim may be duplicative of facts alleged for the negligent retention claim holding certification need not allege specific evidentiary facts which constitute substantial proof of the charge alleged against defendant holding a district court has discretion under rule 55b2 once a default is determined to require proof of necessary facts and need not agree that the alleged facts constitute a valid cause of action