“One who asserts an uncompensated taking claim must first establish that a vested property right is affected.” Id. at 787-788. “Without a property right, a plaintiff has no basis for challenging a statute on the ground that it constitutes a confiscatory taking without due process of law.” Id. at 788. A vested property right is an interest that is more than a mere expectation. Id. Rather, it requires a “legitimate claim of entitlement.” Berkowitz v Dep’t of Licensing & Regulation, 127 Mich App 556, 563; 339 NW2d 484 (1983). In this case, although plaintiff might have had an expectation that his education, examination results, and experience would enable him to obtain a residency and ultimately a full license to practice medicine, that is not a vested property right. See id. at 562-563 (<HOLDING>); Nolan, 151 Mich at 655 (“We conclude that
holding that entitlement to benefits is a property interest protected by the due process clause of the fifth amendment to the united states constitution holding that the inmate had no cognizable due process claim because he had no liberty interest in being free from disciplinary segregation holding that applicants for welfare benefits had a property interest or legitimate claim of entitlement and were entitled to due process to protect that interest holding that a professionals license is a protected property interest holding that the appellant had no property interest protected by due process in obtaining a psychology license because he did not have a legitimate claim to being licensed pursuant to the rules promulgated under the former psychologist registration act