discussed Cited "see, e.g." United States v. Pedro Velasco-Medina Velas-co-Medina’s argument is untenable in light of the Supreme Court’s recent decision in United States v. Cotton, 535 U.S.-, 122 *846 S.Ct. 1781, 152 L.Ed.2d 860 (2002): “[Defects in an indictment do not deprive a court of its power to adjudicate a case.” Cotton, 122 S.Ct. at 1785 ; see also id. (“Justice Holmes explained that a district court ‘has jurisdiction of all crimes cognizable under the authority of the United States ... [and] the objection that the indictment does not charge a crime against the Untied States goes only to the merits of the case.’ ”) (quoting Lamar v.…