Abel Tavarez, federal prisoner # 94442-080, appeals the district court’s dismissal of his motion for a writ of audita querela wherein he sought to challenge his conviction for conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute heroin, aiding and abetting the distribution of heroin, and possession with the intent to distribute heroin.

The writ of audita querela is not available where the prisoner has a remedy under 28 U.S.C. § 2255. See United *80 States v. Banda, 1 F.3d 354, 356 (5th Cir. 1993). The fact that the movant cannot meet the requirements for bringing a successive 28 U.S.C. § 2255 motion under the AEDPA does not render the 28 U.S.C. § 2255 remedy unavailable. See United States v. Valdez-Pacheco, 237 F.3d 1077, 1080 (9th Cir. 2001). To the extent that Tavarez argues that he has been released from confinement and thus cannot proceed under 28 U.S.C. § 2255, Tavarez has not yet discharged his term of special parole; therefore, he is “in custody” for habeas corpus purposes. See Maleng v. Cook, 490 U.S. 488, 491, 109 S.Ct. 1923, 104 L.Ed.2d 540 (1989).

AFFIRMED.