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Where an ex parte request for relief is granted, CPLR 5704(a) provides opposing counsel with the opportunity to have the order vacated by the appellate division or a justice of the court without the necessity of an appeal. Similarly, it permits counsel, whose request for interim relief is denied, to obtain a review of the denial by the full bench of the appellate division.

CPLR 5704(a) provides, in part, that "the appellate division or a justice thereof may vacate or modify any order granted without notice to the adverse party by any court or a judge thereof from which an appeal would lie to such appellate division." It also provides, in part, that the full bench of the Appellate Division "may grant any order or provisional remedy applied for without notice to the adverse party and refused by any court or a judge from which an appeal would lie to such appellate division."